[ My Time And Our Common Culture]

The Class That I Teach Is Called "the Life Of A Photograph." It Takes Up The Question, Of The Billion Photographs That Were Taken Today, How Many Will Have A Life, And Why? So The New Reality Has Made The Question More Pertinent, Not Less Pertinent.

It Matters Little How Much Equipment We Use; It Matters Much That We Be Masters Of All We Do Use.

I Think That It's Workshops, Honestly, That Have Kept Me Keen About Photography, And About My Photography. My Career As A Workshop Photographer Came While I Was At The Geographic In The Late 70's, And Has Continued Consistently Since Then.

In The Last Workshop I Taught, A Woman Flew In From Thailand. She's A Medical Doctor In Bangkok. I Asked Her In Her One-on-one Session Where She Wanted Photography To Be In Her Life.did She Want A Second Career? Was It About Earning Money? Or Was It Art? And She Said "none Of Those. I Want Photography To Be Serious In My Life." It Would Be Like Someone Wanting Music, Like Piano Playing, To Be A Richer, Deeper, And Maybe Even Harder Experience.

There Isn't An Aspect Of Book Creation I Don't Enjoy, And There Has Always Been A Book In My Life To Dream About Or Work On.