It Actually Has Transcended My Career At

I Have This Awareness That The More Dynamic The Situation Is, The More On Guard I Need To Be That The Dynamic Isn't Controlling The Situation. I Found That Myself In The Galapagos. For The First Time In My Life I Was Around Very Exotic Animals, Colorful, Beautiful, And Immediately Present, All Around. Birds, Turtles, Iguanas, Seals. I Was Being Seduced By Their Exoticism, I Was Taking Pictures.the Pictures Weren't Well Lit, There Was No Moment In Play, There Was No Depth To The Pictures. I Was Just Gawking With My Camera At Something I'd Never Seen Before.

I Can't Speak For Other Photographers, But The Photographers Who Went Forward Strongly When The So-called "official" Part Of Their Career Ended, To Me, Were Those Who Had Taught. Teaching Enriches And Enlivens One's Work.

A Mad, Keen Photographer Needs To Get Out Into The World And Work And Make Mistakes.

My Connection To Santa Fe Is Very Closely, And Continuously A Connection With Reid. I Believe In Him And His Philosophy Of Photographic Education.

When I First Went To 'national Geographic,' I Thought I Was The Least Qualified Person To Step Through The Doors. But Because Of My Parents And The Culture Of Continual Learning They Imposed On Us, I Later Came To Believe I Was The Most Qualified Person Who Ever Worked There.