When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job…

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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 friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film...

And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film...

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 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...

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'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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would...

In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would...

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...