The Camera Is A Mirror

Visual Ideas Combined With Technology Combined With Personal Interpretation Equals Photography. Each Must Hold It's Own; If It Doesn't, The Thing Collapses.

The Camera Is A Mirror With A Memory, But It Cannot Think.

There Are No Rules And Regulations For Perfect Composition. If There Were We Would Be Able To Put All The Information Into A Computer And Would Come Out With A Masterpiece. We Know That's Impossible. You Have To Compose By The Seat Of Your Pants.

Influences Come From Everywhere But When You Are Actually Shooting You Work Primarily By Instinct. But What Is Instinct? It Is A Lifetime Accumulation Of Influence: Experience, Knowledge, Seeing And Hearing. There Is Little Time For Reflection In Taking A Photograph. All Your Experiences Come To A Peak And You Work On Two Levels: Conscious And Unconscious.

Photography, As We All Know, Is Not Real At All. It Is An Illusion Of Reality With Which We Create Our Own Private World.