A Photograph Is Not An Accident -

I Expect To Retire To A Fine-grained Heaven Where The Temperatures Are Always Consistent, Where The Images Slide Before One's Eyes In A Continual Cascade Of Form And Meaning.

To The Vast Majority Of People A Photograph Is An Image Of Something Within Their Direct Experience: A More-or-less Factual Reality. It Is Difficult For Them To Realize That The Photograph Can Be The Source Of Experience, As Well As The Reflection Of Spiritual Awareness Of The World And Of Self.

Millions Of Men Have Lived To Fight, Build Palaces And Boundaries, Shape Destinies And Societies; But The Compelling Force Of All Times Has Been The Force Of Originality And Creation Profoundly Affecting The Roots Of Human Spirit.

We All Move On The Fringes Of Eternity And Are Sometimes Granted Vistas Through Fabric Of Illusion.

It Is Just As Important To Bring People The Evidence Of The Beauty Of The World Of Nature And Of Man As It Is To Give Them A Document Of Ugliness, Squalor, And Despair.