Occupation: Photographer Birth: January 18, 1931
Photography is an act of love..
I take pictures, and they are there for the taking. I'll tell you a quote that I have always thought about. Arthur Miller said, I try to create the p….
If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person..
Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If you ….
Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans' and was wearing visual and emotional b….
First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical; it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't….
I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it..
What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'.
You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens..
Pain is not a conduit to art or joy.
The more light you have in an image, the less drama you get. The details start taking over; the mystery is all gone..
Always carry a camera, it's tough to shoot a picture without one..
You have to pick the right tool for the point you're trying to make and there is no one solution..
We have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as we can..
You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magn….
I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer..
When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could b….
There really isn't anything that you could call 'bad' color. It all has to do with the amount of color you use and in what context it appears..
You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides..
You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes..
I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most important part of being a photogra….