I Really Don't Have Any Secrets. I've

It Was Amazing To Watch Him In The Darkroom At An Advanced Age, Still Get Excited When The Results Were Pleasing. He Still Struggled Like We All Do In The Darkroom And He Struggled Behind The Camera, And When He Had A Success He Was Beaming.

I Took A Workshop From Him A Few Months After That. That Experience Changed My Whole Approach To Photography. At That Workshop In Yosemite In 1973 I Decided I Wanted To Try And See If I Could Pursue This For Myself, And I'm Still Trying.

I Really Don't Have Any Secrets. I've Never Met A Photographer Whose Work I Respected That Had A Secret Because The Secret Lies Within Each And Every One Of Us.

I Think The Greatest Photographers Are The Amateur Photographers Who Do It Because They Love It. Arnold Newman Is A Good Example; He Is A Consummate Professional, But He's Also An 'amateur' In The Pure Sense Of The Word.

And The Camera Position, The Organization, Looking For Repeating Forms, Shapes, Trying To Set Up A Visual Rhythm Seemed To Come Very Natural. All Of A Sudden I Was In A Forest Of Aluminum And Steel Rather Than A Forest That We Might Think Of In A Traditional Sense.