I Never Know In Advance What I

I Can't Verbalize The Internal Meaning Of Pictures Whatsoever. Some Of My Friends Can At Very Mystical Levels, But I Prefer To Say That, If I Feel Something Strongly, I Would Make A Photograph, That Would Be The Equivalent Of What I Saw And Felt.

To Visualize An Image (in Whole Or In Part) Is To See Clearly In The Mind Prior To Exposure, A Continuous Projection From Composing The Image Through The Final Print.

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.

When I'm Ready To Make A Photograph, I Think I Quite Obviously See In My Minds Eye Something That Is Not Literally There In The True Meaning Of The Word. I'm Interested In Something Which Is Built Up From Within, Rather Than Just Extracted From Without.

No Man Has The Right To Dictate What Other Men Should Perceive, Create Or Produce, But All Should Be Encouraged To Reveal Themselves, Their Perceptions And Emotions, And To Build Confidence In The Creative Spirit.