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For Sheer Majestic Geography And Sublime Scale, Nothing Beats Alaska And The Yukon. For Culture, Japan. And For All-around Affection, Australia.

I Was A Consultant For Kodak Back In The Late 80's. There Were Engineers There Who Told Me That In The Future, Most Photographs Would Be Taken On Telephones. They Weren't Able To Do Anything With That. They Were Engineers, Not Management.

'woman On The Plaza,' With Its Distinct Horizon, Snow-like Surfaces, Wintry Wall, Stunning Sunlight, Sharp Shadows, And Hurrying Figure, Would Become The Most Biographical Of My Photographs - An Abstract Image Of The Landscape And Life Of Northern Ohio Where I Grew Up And First Practiced Photography.

I Started Teaching In '76 And I'd Been A Photographer At The Geographic For Six Years. But Prior To Being At The Geographic I Was A Teacher. Plus My Parents Were Teachers And My Brother And My Grandparents. So It Was The Culture Of Our Family To Think About Teaching, To Talk About Teaching, To Talk About Teachers.

Above All, It's Hard Learning To Live With Vivid Mental Images Of Scenes I Cared For And Failed To Photograph. It Is The Edgy Existence Within Me Of These Unmade Images That Is The Only Assurance That The Best Photographs Are Yet To Be Made.