I Try To Photograph People's Spirits And

The Art Is The Challenge Which You Must Meet Every Day: The Technique You Should Learn To Control With Time. The Science And The Art Of Photography Are Really One, And Not Opposed To Each Other.

My Chief Joy Is To Photograph The Great In Heart, In Mind, And In Spirit, Whether They Be Famous Or Humble.

I Try To Photograph People's Spirits And Thoughts. As To The Soul-taking By The Photographer, I Don't Feel I Take Away, But Rather That The Sitter And I Give To Each Other. It Becomes An Act Of Mutual Participation.

Within Every Man And Woman A Secret Is Hidden, And As A Photographer It Is My Task To Reveal It If I Can. The Revelation, If It Comes At All, Will Come In A Small Fraction Of A Second With An Unconscious Gesture, A Gleam Of The Eye, A Brief Lifting Of The Mask That All Humans Wear To Conceal Their Innermost Selves From The World. In That Fleeting Interval Of Opportunity The Photographer Must Act Or Lose His Prize.

My Personal Interest In Ordinary People Is Unlimited, But I Am Fascinated By The Challenge Of Portraying True Greatness Adequately With My Camera.