When I Make A Photograph I Want

The Only Other Things I Got From The Abstract Expressionists Is The Absolute Belief That This Canvas Is The Complete Total Area Of Struggle, This Is The Arena, This Is Where The Fight Is Taking Place, The Battle. Everybody Believes That, But You Have To Really Believe That And Work That Way.

I May Be Wrong, But The Essential Illustrative Nature Of Most Documentary Photography, And The Worship Of The Object Per Se, In Our Best Nature Photography, Is Not Enough To Satisfy The Man Of Today, Compounded As He Is Of Christ, Freud, And Marx.

In Any Art, You Don't Know In Advance What You Want To Say - It's Revealed To You As You Say It. That's The Difference Between Art And Illustration.

Almost Inevitably There Are Tensions In The Picture, Tensions Between The Outside World And The Inside World. For Me, A Successful Picture Resolves These Tensions Without Eliminating Them.

As Photographers, We Must Learn To Relax Our Beliefs. Move On Objects With Your Eye Straight On, To The Left, Around On The Right. Watch Them Grow Large As They Approach, Group And Regroup As You Shift Your Position. Relationships Gradually Emerge And Sometimes Assert Themselves With Finality. And That's Your Picture.