I Didn’t Write The Rules. Why Would

You Can't Photograph If You're Not In Love.

I Am An Idealist. I Often Feel I Would Like To Be An Artist In An Ivory Tower. Yet It Is Imperative That I Speak To People, So I Must Desert That Ivory Tower. To Do This, I Am A Journalist - A Photojournalist. But I Am Always Torn Between The Attitude Of The Journalist, Who Is A Recorder Of Facts, And The Artist, Who Is Often Necessarily At Odds With The Facts. My Principle Concern Is For Honesty, Above All Honesty With Myself.

In Music I Still Prefer The Minor Key, And In Printing I Like The Light Coming From The Dark. I Like Pictures That Surmount The Darkness, And Many Of My Photographs Are That Way. It Is The Way I See Photographically. For Practical Reasons, I Think It Looks Better In Print Too.

Most Photographers Seem To Operate With A Pane Of Glass Between Themselves And Their Subjects. They Just Can't Get Inside And Know The Subject.

The Purpose Of All Art Is To Cause A Deep And Emotion, Also One That Is Entertaining Or Pleasing. Out Of The Depth And Entertainment Comes Value.