It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges that are rarely satisfied with single images.

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.

Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for they seem to be born with. So I wonder where Their affirmations of Spirit will lead. My wish for them is that their unfolding proceeds to fullness of Spirit, however astonishing or anguished their lives.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at that moment, and for that person the photograph acts as a symbol or plays the role of a metaphor for something that is beyond the subject photographed.

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one's own pictures is an overall goal.