It Is Easy To Take A Photograph,

It Is All Very Beautiful And Magical Here - A Quality Which Cannot Be Described. You Have To Live It And Breathe It, Let The Sun Bake Into You.

The Dismal Half-baked Images Of The Average "reportage" And "documentary" Photography Are Self Dammning... The Slick Manner, The Slightly Obscure Significance, The Esoteric Fear Of Simple Beauty For Its Own Sake - I Am Deeply Concerned With These Manifestations Of Decay. Gene Smith's Work Validates My Most Vigorous Convictions That If The Documentary Photographs Is To Be Truly Effective It Must Contain Elements Of Art, Intensity, Fine Craft And Spirituality. All These His Work Contains And We May Turn To His Work With Gratitude, Appreciation And Great Respect.

All Art Is A Vision Penetrating The Illusions Of Reality, And Photography Is One Form Of This Vision And Revelation.

My Last Word S That It All Depends On What You Visualize.

I Am Sure The Next Step Will Be The Electronic Image, And I Hope I Shall Live To See It. I Trust That The Creative Eye Will Continue To Function, Whatever Technological Innovations May Develop.