Art Does Not In Fact Prove Anything.

Are There Grounds Now And Then For An Unironic Smile?

Your Own Photography Is Never Enough. Every Photographer Who Has Lasted Has Depended On Other Peoples Pictures Too - Photographs That May Be Public Or Private, Serious Or Funny, But That Carry With Them A Reminder Of Community.

The Photographer Hopes, In Brief, To Discover A Tension So Exact That It Is Peace.

The Thing That Keeps You Scrambling Over The Rocks, Risking Snakes, And Swatting At The Flies Is The View. It Is Only Your Enjoyment Of And Commitment To What You See, Not To What You Rationally Understand, That Balances The Otherwise Absurd Investment Of Labor.

Among The Most Compelling Truths In Some Of The Early Photographs Is Their Implication Of Silence.