I've Never Seen A Surface That I

And The Camera Position, The Organization, Looking For Repeating Forms, Shapes, Trying To Set Up A Visual Rhythm Seemed To Come Very Natural. All Of A Sudden I Was In A Forest Of Aluminum And Steel Rather Than A Forest That We Might Think Of In A Traditional Sense.

To Me, Photography Is 90% A Retrospective Experience. There's The Part Of Pursuing The Image, And Exposing The Film, But Once You Make The Exposure, You're Always Looking Backwards In Time. I Like That Aspect Of Photography.

The First Day At The Power Plant I Found Myself Photographing Some Steam Vents On The Roof Of The Structure. And I Remember Consciously Thinking That They Were Just Like Trees But They Were Metal.

And As Part Of My Activity There, He Had Indicated He Wanted Me To Work With Him On That And Conduct The Various Technical Tests. And So A Few Months Later I Moved From Southern California Up To The Monterey Peninsula Where I Still Live Today.

When The Object That Is Produced...the Photographic Image...has The Ability To Make Tears Come To Your Eyes; To Inspire You To The Point Where You Have To Catch Your Breath, Then Nothing Else Matters.