I Believe In Beauty. I Believe In

A Photograph Is Not An Accident - Is A Concept. It Exists At, Or Before, The Moment Of Exposure Of The Negative.

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.

The Quality Of Place, The Reaction To Immediate Contact With Earth And Growing Things That Have A Fugal Relationship With Mountains And Sky, Is Essential To The Integrity Of Our Existence On This Planet.

"simply Look With Perceptive Eyes At The World About You, And Trust To Your Own Reactions And Convictions. Ask Yourself: "does This Subject Move Me To Feel, Think And Dream? Can I Visualize A Print - My Own Personal Statement Of What I Feel And Want To Convey - From The Subject Before Me?""

It Is My Intention To Present - Through The Medium Of Photography - Intuitive Observations Of The Natural World Which May Have Meaning To The Spectators.