John Sexton Quotes

And Then As I Frequently Do, Some Times I'll Peek Out From Underneath The Focusing Cloth And Just Look Around The Edges Of The Frame That I'm Not Seeing, See If There's Something That Should Be Adjusted In Terms Of Changing The Camera Position.

I Think The Greatest Photographers Are The Amateur Photographers Who Do It Because They Love It. Arnold Newman Is A Good Example; He Is A Consummate Professional, But He's Also An 'amateur' In The Pure Sense Of The Word.

I Remembered Seeing It And It Was This Metallic Turbine And I Thought It Was Beautiful. I Had Never Been In A Power Plant Before, But I Felt, Without Being Overly Dramatic, Compelled To Make Photographs Of This For Myself.

Having Photographed The Landscape For A Number Of Years And Specifically Working With Trees And In The Forest I Found, Without Consciously Thinking About It, That It Was A Great Learning Experience For Me In Terms Of Organizing Elements.

And The Camera Position, The Organization, Looking For Repeating Forms, Shapes, Trying To Set Up A Visual Rhythm Seemed To Come Very Natural. All Of A Sudden I Was In A Forest Of Aluminum And Steel Rather Than A Forest That We Might Think Of In A Traditional Sense.

And As Part Of My Activity There, He Had Indicated He Wanted Me To Work With Him On That And Conduct The Various Technical Tests. And So A Few Months Later I Moved From Southern California Up To The Monterey Peninsula Where I Still Live Today.

It Had Rained On Some Vivid Green Ferns In Maine And It Was Quite Beautiful. I Was Moving The Camera Slightly And Studying The Ground Glass. Looking At Those 20 Square Inches, Trying To Find Out Just What Were The Right Elements To Include.

I Think One Of The Aspects Of Photography That Remains For Me Is I Find The Process Still Frustrating. The Counter To That Is That It's Still Very Exciting. If You Didn't Have The Frustration, You Wouldn't Have The Excitement. If You Didn't Have The Disappointment, You Wouldn't Have The Magical Intoxication Of This Process Working.

To Me, Photography Is 90% A Retrospective Experience. There's The Part Of Pursuing The Image, And Exposing The Film, But Once You Make The Exposure, You're Always Looking Backwards In Time. I Like That Aspect Of Photography.

So When I Became Interested In Photography And Further Being Inspired By The Work That I Saw Of Ansel And Others, It Was A Natural Extension To Go Back To These Places That I Knew As A Kid And Explore Them With My Camera.

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.

When I'm About Ready To Press The Cable Release On The View Camera, I've Tried To Anticipate Some Of The Challenges I'm Going To Encounter In The Darkroom.