In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a g….

The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure sig….

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real..

It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, sq….

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels....

All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation..

It is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events, light itself, an….

You don't make a photograph just with a camera.

I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inhe….

With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable..

One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket..

While the photos at the D.M.V. (New York) will still be taken in color, the engraving is done in grayscale, hence the Ansel Adams feel..

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment..

I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder..

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence..

A good photograph is knowing where to stand..

Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel..

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter..

Bad weather makes for good photography..

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument..

You don't take a picture, you make a picture..