Art Is Both The Taking And Giving

The Craft Of Photography Is The Key To Good Images.

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.

With All Art Expression, When Something Is Seen, It Is A Vivid Experience, Sudden, Compelling, And Inevitable.

There Is Nothing Worse Than A Sharp Image Of A Fuzzy Concept.

The Herculean Task Of A Photographer Is To Capture A Momentary Frame As Beautiful In Reality, As It Would Be In A Dream.