Whatever Power There Is In The Urban

Larry Schwarm's Photographs Of Fire On The Prairie Are So Compelling That I Cannot Imagine Any Later Photographer Trying To Do Better. His Pictures Convince Us That Seemingly Far Away Events Are Close By, Relevant To Any Serious Person's Life.

No One, Though Has To Go To College To Make Or Understand Or Enjoy Art. Wonderful Artists And Critics - Some Of The Best - Have Educated Themselves.

It's In The Silence That Your Problems Just Dissolve. Try It. It Really Works.

I Began Making Pictures Because I Wanted To Record What Supports Hope: The Untranslatable Mystery And Beauty Of The World. Along The Way, However, The Camera Also Caught Evidence Against Hope, And I Eventually Concluded That This, Too, Belonged In Pictures If They Were To Be Truthful And Thus Useful.

You Are What You've Been Looking For. The Answer Is Always In You Alone. There Is Nothing In The External World. For The External World Is An Emanation Of Your Own Mind, Your Own Thinking And Your Own Imagination. You Created This World.