I Was Given A Small Camera As

For Some Reason Or Other There Was In Me The Desire To See The World Clean And Fresh And Alive, As Primitive Things Are Clean And Fresh And Alive. The So-called Documentary Picture Left Me Wanting Something.

I Was Given A Small Camera As A Wedding Gift From A Very Dear Friend. My First Pictures Were Taken On My Honeymoon. As Soon As I Became Familiar With The Camera, I Was Intrigued With The Possibilities Of Expression It Offered. It Was Like A Discovery For Me.

However, I Must Stress That My Own Interest Is Immediate And In The Picture. What I Am Conscious Of And What I Feel Is The Picture I Am Making, The Relation Of That Picture To Others I Have Made And, More Generally, Its Relation To Others I Have Experienced.

What Is The Subject Matter Of This Apparently Very Personal World? It Has Been Suggested That These Shapes And Images Are Underworld Characters, The Inhabitants Of The Vast Common Realm Of Memories That Have Gone Down Below The Level Of Conscious Control. It May Be They Are. The Degree Of Emotional Involvement And The Amount Of Free Association With The Material Being Photographed Would Point In That Direction.

As Photographers, We Must Learn To Relax Our Beliefs. Move On Objects With Your Eye Straight On, To The Left, Around On The Right. Watch Them Grow Large As They Approach, Group And Regroup As You Shift Your Position. Relationships Gradually Emerge And Sometimes Assert Themselves With Finality. And That's Your Picture.