It Is No Longer A Matter Of

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.

The Only Other Things I Got From The Abstract Expressionists Is The Absolute Belief That This Canvas Is The Complete Total Area Of Struggle, This Is The Arena, This Is Where The Fight Is Taking Place, The Battle. Everybody Believes That, But You Have To Really Believe That And Work That Way.

To Me Documentary Photography Means Making A Picture So That The Viewer Doesn’t Think About The Man Who Made The Picture. At Its Esthetic Core Is Very Old Tradition In Art: Naturalism. And Its Purpose Is To Document All Facets Of Social Relationships.

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 The Language Or Vocabulary Of Photography Has Been Extended, The Emphasis Of Meaning Has Shifted, Shifted From What The World Looks Like To What We Feel About The World And What We Want The World To Mean.