It Is No Longer A Matter Of

If You Look Very Intensely And Slowly Things Will Happen That You Never Dreamed Of Before.

As Photographers, We Must Learn To Relax Our Beliefs. Move On Objects With Your Eye Straight On, To The Left, Around On The Right. Watch Them Grow Large As They Approach, Group And Regroup As You Shift Your Position. Relationships Gradually Emerge And Sometimes Assert Themselves With Finality. And That's Your Picture.

For Some Reason Or Other There Was In Me The Desire To See The World Clean And Fresh And Alive, As Primitive Things Are Clean And Fresh And Alive. The So-called Documentary Picture Left Me Wanting Something.

I Was Given A Small Camera As A Wedding Gift From A Very Dear Friend. My First Pictures Were Taken On My Honeymoon. As Soon As I Became Familiar With The Camera, I Was Intrigued With The Possibilities Of Expression It Offered. It Was Like A Discovery For Me.

The Business Of Making A Photograph May Be Said In Simple Terms To Consist Of Three Elements: The Objective World (whose Permanent Condition Is Change And Disorder), The Sheet Of Paper On Which The Picture Will Be Realized, And The Experience Which Brings Them Together.