There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

The thing with my workshops is, photography is a thoughtful process. In an atmosphere of fast photography, and generally thoughtless, quick, automatic photography, I think that there is an interest in the slowed down, thoughtful approach.

I had a book come out several years ago, when there were no blogs. This is a mark to me about how the environment has changed.

I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me, were those who had taught. Teaching enriches and enlivens one's work.

[ My time and our common culture] it's what I'm photographing, and I'm very involved with that.

My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.