The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

The photograph isolates and perpetuates a moment of time: an important and revealing moment, or an unimportant and meaningless one, depending upon the photographer's understanding of his subject and mastery of his process.

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

I start with no preconceived idea - discovery excites me to focus - then rediscovery through the lens - final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure - the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation - the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera.

People who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting.