The Important Thing Is Not

We Are Only Beginning To Learn What To Say In A Photograph. The World We Live In Is A Succession Of Fleeting Moments, Any One Of Which Might Say Something Significant.

With Photography, Everything Is In The Eye And These Days I Feel Young Photographers Are Missing The Point A Bit. People Always Ask About Cameras But It Doesn't Matter What Camera You Have. You Can Have The Most Modern Camera In The World But If You Don't Have An Eye, The Camera Is Worthless. Young People Know More About Modern Cameras And Lighting Than I Do. When I Started Out In Photography I Didn't Own An Exposure Meter - I Couldn't , They Didn't Exist! I Had To Guess.

Another Picture I Hope To Be Remembered By Is This One Of The Drum Major Rehearsing At The University Of Michigan. It Was Early In This Morning, And I Saw A Little Boy Running After Him, All The Faculty Children In The Playing Field Ran After The Boy, And I Ran After Them. This Is A Completely Spontaneous, Unstaged Picture.

The Most Important Thing... Is Not Clicking The Shutter... It Is Clicking With The Subject.

When I Photographed Marilyn Monroe, I Mixed Up My Cameras - One Had Black-and-white Film, The Other Color. I Took Many Pictures. Only Two Color Ones Came Out All Right. My Favorite Picture Of Marilyn Hangs Always On The Wall In My Office. It Was Taken On The Little Patio Of Her Hollywood House.