I Now Want To Be A Photographer

How The Visual World Appears Is Important To Me. I'm Always Aware Of The Light. I'm Always Aware Of What I Would Call The 'deep Composition.' Photography In The Field Is A Process Of Creation, Of Thought And Technique. But Ultimately, It's An Act Of Imaginatively Seeing From Within Yourself.

I'm Very Involved In Photographing America Now, So I Don't Think Of Faraway Places, As I Did When I Was Young.

I Think That It's Workshops, Honestly, That Have Kept Me Keen About Photography, And About My Photography. My Career As A Workshop Photographer Came While I Was At The Geographic In The Late 70's, And Has Continued Consistently Since Then.

I Did It Once, And National Geographic Recruited Me. I Did It Primarily Out Of Curiosity. A Lot Of Legendary Photographers Had Worked On That Campaign. Ernst Haas Had Done The Early Photography, And I Knew Him. There's A Lore In Photography About That Campaign, And I Was Curious.

I Had Luck, But I Worked Hard And I Suffered. It's Not Just Photography I'm Talking About. It's About Whatever Dream You Want It To Be.