I Am Serious About Not Being Serious.

A Picture Should Be Looked At - Not Talked About.

Good Photography Is Not About Zone Printing Or Any Other Ansel Adams Nonsense. It's Just About Seeing. You Either See Or You Don't See. The Rest Is Academic. Photography Is Simply A Function Of Noticing Things. Nothing More.

The Work I Care About Is Terribly Simple. I Observe. I Try To Entertain. But Above All I Want My Pictures To Be Emotional. Little Else Interests Me In Photography.

Working Myself Into A Position Of Total Versatility, So That I Can Do Anything I Want To Do At The Time I Want To Do It. Whether I Do It Or Not Is Another Question.

I'm Almost Violent About That Stuff - Electronic Manipulation Of Pictures. I Think It's An Abomination. I Reject It All. I Mean, It's Ok For Selling Corn Flakes Or Automobiles Or For Taking Pimples Out Of Elizabeth Taylor's Face, But It Undermines The Thing That Photography Is About, Which Is About Observation And Not About Manipulation Of Images.