If What I See In My Mind

Dodging And Burning Are Steps To Take Care Of Mistakes God Made In Establishing Tonal Relationships.

I Am Sure The Next Step Will Be The Electronic Image, And I Hope I Shall Live To See It. I Trust That The Creative Eye Will Continue To Function, Whatever Technological Innovations May Develop.

The Dismal Half-baked Images Of The Average "reportage" And "documentary" Photography Are Self Dammning... The Slick Manner, The Slightly Obscure Significance, The Esoteric Fear Of Simple Beauty For Its Own Sake - I Am Deeply Concerned With These Manifestations Of Decay. Gene Smith's Work Validates My Most Vigorous Convictions That If The Documentary Photographs Is To Be Truly Effective It Must Contain Elements Of Art, Intensity, Fine Craft And Spirituality. All These His Work Contains And We May Turn To His Work With Gratitude, Appreciation And Great Respect.

It Is Easy To Take A Photograph, But It Is Harder To Make A Masterpiece In Photography Than In Any Other Art Medium.

The Sheer Ease With Which We Can Produce A Superficial Image Often Leads To Creative Disaster.