Teaching has never been far from my life. It's the most natural thing I do. Apparently, as I said, I cannot not do it.
Sam AbellWhat I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.
Sam AbellEven though I teach with 35mm, my method takes people by surprise, because it isn't fast, and it isn't about hardware or software, or even great results. It's about great process.
Sam AbellFor sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.
Sam AbellIt matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.
Sam AbellI have this awareness that the more dynamic the situation is, the more on guard I need to be that the dynamic isn't controlling the situation. I found that myself in the Galapagos. For the first time in my life I was around very exotic animals, colorful, beautiful, and immediately present, all around. Birds, turtles, iguanas, seals. I was being seduced by their exoticism, I was taking pictures.The pictures weren't well lit, there was no moment in play, there was no depth to the pictures. I was just gawking with my camera at something I'd never seen before.
Sam Abell