Whatever It Takes To Get The Image

The Greatest Compliment That I Know How To Pay Another Photographer Is To Say, 'i Never Would Have Made That Photograph Myself. I'm Sure Glad You Did.' You Hope Along The Way That Maybe, Once In A While, You Do That For Someone Else.

In 1979, I Received A Phone Call From Ansel Adams Asking Me If I Would Be Willing To Consider Coming To Work For Him. I Was Teaching Photography In Southern California At That Point.

I Took A Workshop From Him A Few Months After That. That Experience Changed My Whole Approach To Photography. At That Workshop In Yosemite In 1973 I Decided I Wanted To Try And See If I Could Pursue This For Myself, And I'm Still Trying.

I Find The Surface Of A Photograph A Thing Of Beauty In And Of Itself, And It Is This Surface That Makes A Photograph Unique Relative To Other Two-dimensional Media.

I Really Don't Have Any Secrets. I've Never Met A Photographer Whose Work I Respected That Had A Secret Because The Secret Lies Within Each And Every One Of Us.