There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to the finished print. If I do my job correctly that shouldn't be visible at all, it should be transparent.

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One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of...

One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of...

I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a...

I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears...

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears...

Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of...

Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of...

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...

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...

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....

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get...

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get...

And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing...

And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing...

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love...

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love...

In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what...

In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...