With A Camera, One Has To Love

Many Have Asked, Pointing Incredulously Toward A Sweep Of Tract Homes And Billboards, Why Picture That? The Question Sounds Simple, But It Implies A Difficult Issue - Why Open Our Eyes Anywhere But In Undamaged Places Like National Parks?

The Only Burden You Have Ever Had Is Your Mind.

Television Probably Has Become The Most Evocative, Widely Observed Signpost We Have.

Why Do Most Great Pictures Look Uncontrived? Why Do Photographers Bother With The Deception, Especially Since It So Often Requires The Hardest Work Of All? The Answer Is, I Think, That The Deception Is Necessary If The Goal Of Art Is To Be Reached: Only Pictures That Look As If They Had Been Easily Made Can Convincingly Suggest That Beauty Is Commonplace.

The Highest Truth Is To Delete, Not To Add. To Get Rid Of The Things You Believe In Now. So Empty Yourself Out Totally And Completely. All Of Your Ideas, Your Feelings, All Have To Be Emptied Out Of You. When You Become Totally And Completely Empty There Is Nothing You Have To Do To Fill It Up Again. Emptiness Is Realization. Emptiness Is Brahman. Emptiness Is The Self. Emptiness Is Your Real Nature.