In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order – synthesis overshadows analysis.

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say – himself.

I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice.

The development of a love of medium and a responsibility for one’s own pictures is an overall goal.

There’s no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I’m always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don’t give a damn how it got made.

Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass – sometimes I’ve seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that something in nature says, ‘Come and take my photograph.’ So I do, regardless of how I feel.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don’t leave until you have captured its essence.

Sometimes we work so fast that we don’t really understand what’s going on in front of the camera. We just kind of sense that, ‘Oh my God, it’s significant!’ and photograph impulsively while trying to get the exposure right. Exposure occupies my mind while intuition frames the images.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.