Photography Is An Austere And Blazing Poetry

To The Vast Majority Of People A Photograph Is An Image Of Something Within Their Direct Experience: A More-or-less Factual Reality. It Is Difficult For Them To Realize That The Photograph Can Be The Source Of Experience, As Well As The Reflection Of Spiritual Awareness Of The World And Of Self.

Photographers And Artists Contribute A Lot To The World And Have A Right To Exist In Relative Security And Comfort.

You Don't Make A Photograph Just With A Camera. You Bring To The Act Of Photography All The Pictures You Have Seen, The Books You Have Read, The Music You Have Heard, The People You Have Loved.

We Who Are Gathered Here May Represent A Particular Delete, Not Of Money And Power, But Of Concern For The Earth For The Earth's Sake.

There Still Is Some Opposition To It In Some Museums And Art Schools, But I Think Photography Has Really Grown Into A Mature Art Form.