A Photograph Is Usually Looked At -

It Is Easy To Take A Photograph, But It Is Harder To Make A Masterpiece In Photography Than In Any Other Art Medium.

Photography And Photographers Have An Inevitable Development. They Progress More Or Less By Steps. Every Five Or Ten Years Some New Point Of View Is Developed And Young People Are Inclined To Follow It.

Sometimes I Do Get To Places Just When God's Ready To Have Somebody Click The Shutter.

The Dismal Half-baked Images Of The Average "reportage" And "documentary" Photography Are Self Dammning... The Slick Manner, The Slightly Obscure Significance, The Esoteric Fear Of Simple Beauty For Its Own Sake - I Am Deeply Concerned With These Manifestations Of Decay. Gene Smith's Work Validates My Most Vigorous Convictions That If The Documentary Photographs Is To Be Truly Effective It Must Contain Elements Of Art, Intensity, Fine Craft And Spirituality. All These His Work Contains And We May Turn To His Work With Gratitude, Appreciation And Great Respect.

It Is All Very Beautiful And Magical Here - A Quality Which Cannot Be Described. You Have To Live It And Breathe It, Let The Sun Bake Into You.