The longer we lived with it the more we wanted something less about process and more about life.

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.

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.

My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.

For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most elaborate equipment was a deep reverence for the world through which they passed. Photographers share something with these artists. We seek only to see and to describe with our own voices, and, though we are seldom heard as soloists, we cannot photograph the world in any other way.

That's who comes to my workshops. I jokingly tell my students that the class could be called "Your photographs: Better."

There are things that I teach, about building photographs, and that's why people come to my workshops. When people come to the workshops, they're consumed with seeking the subject, and I teach seeking the setting.