In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that…

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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall...

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...