The Miracle Is This - The More

The Needs Of The Many Outweigh The Needs Of The Few.

Making Photos Is Helpful Of Course To Master The Craft. To Get Comfortable With The Camera. Learn What A Camera Can Do And How To Use The Camera Successfully. Doing Exercises For Example If You Try To Find Out Things That The Camera Can Do That The Eye Cannot Do. So That You Have A Tool That Will Do What You Need To Be Done. But Then Once You Have Mastered The Craft The Most Important Thing Is To Determine Why You Want To Shoot Pictures And What You Want To Shoot Pictures Of. That's Where The Thematic Issue Comes To Life.

I Am A Great Believer In What We've Been Told Time And Time Again By People Like Joseph Campbell, "find Your Bliss." Find Out What It Is That Touches You Most Deeply. Pursue It, Learn About It, Explore It, Expand On It. Live With It And Nurture It. Find Your Own Way And Make Your Own Contribution. Find A Way To Make A Contribution To This Society Because God Knows We Need Contributions From The Coming Generation. This Planet And This Civilization Is In Need. I See It As A Time Of Need.

There Are A Lot Of Photographers Who Have Influenced Me; Some Of The Great Ones, Like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, And [alfred] Stieglitz. I Draw From All Of Them. You're Supposed To Steal From The Good Ones.

I Became Involved In Photography When I Was About Thirteen Years Old.