My Pictures Are Complex And So Am

An Artist Must Be Ruthlessly Selfish.

What's The Best Type Of Light? Why That Would Be Available Light... And By Available Light I Mean Any Damn Light Is Available.

Negatives Are The Notebooks, The Jottings, The False Starts, The Whims, The Poor Drafts, And The Good Draft But Never The Completed Version Of The Work The Print And A Proper One Is The Only Completed Photograph, Whether It Is Specifically Shaded For Reproduction, Or For A Museum Wall.

Many Claim I Am A Photographer Of Tragedy. In The Greater Sense I Am Not, For Though I Often Photograph Where The Tragic Emotion Is Present, The Result Is Almost Invariably Affirmative.

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.