That’s My Idea Of What A Portrait

What I Believe Is Really Good In The So-called Documentary Approach To Photography Is The Addition Of Lyricism.[this Quality] Is Usually Produced Unconsciously And Even Unintentionally And Accidentally By The Cameraman.

I Used To Try To Figure Out Precisely What I Was Seeing All The Time, Until I Discovered That I Didn't Need To. If The Thing Is True, Why There It Is.

That’s My Idea Of What A Portrait Ought To Be, Anonymous And Documentary And A Straightforward Picture Of Mankind.

Science Has Rolled Its War Wagons Over The Crushed Myths Of So Many Religious Beliefs. It Has Marshaled Its Mechanics To Explain The Motions Of The Sun, Moon, And Stars. It Has Mapped The Heavens, Leaving No Place For Gods To Live.

The Eye Traffics In Feelings, Not In Thoughts.