Whatever It Takes To Get The Image

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.

Many Photographers Are Consumed With The Idea Of Making Beautiful Contact Sheets. I Am Far More Interested In Making The Best Final Print I Can.

You Can Also See Sometimes That The Best Pictures Are The Ones Where You Didn't Try So Hard, Where You Were Just Enjoying The Process - And You Didn't Even Know Why You Were Making The Picture. It Felt Right. If Someone Asked, 'why Are You Making This Picture?' You Probably Couldn't Describe It Very Well - And That's Why It Needs To Be A Photograph.

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.

We All Start In This Medium Because Of The Magic And The Challenge Is To Keep It Going.