One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me.

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Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and...

Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and...

The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on...

The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on...

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up...

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up...

So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image,...

So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image,...

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected...

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected...

He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.

He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful....

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful....

I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my...

I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my...

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.

And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work...

And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work...

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic...

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic...

I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was...

I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was...

When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried...

When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried...

When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there...

When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there...

I've never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making.

I've never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making.

We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to...

We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to...

I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of...

I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of...

So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that...

So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that...

There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to...

There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to...

I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black...

I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black...