I Think Photography Is Being Recognized And

The Only Things In My Life That Compatibly Exists With This Grand Universe Are The Creative Works Of The Human Spirit.

Photographers And Artists Contribute A Lot To The World And Have A Right To Exist In Relative Security And Comfort.

I Am Probably Afraid That Some Spectator Will Not Understand My Photography - Therefore I Proceed To Make It Really Less Understandable By Writing Defensibly About It.

I Eagerly Await New Concepts And Processes. I Believe That The Electronic Image Will Be The Next Major Advance. Such Systems Will Have Their Own Inherent And Inescapable Structural Characteristics, And The Artist And Functional Practitioner Will Again Strive To Comprehend And Control Them.

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.