Thinking Should Be Done Before

A Photograph Is Neither Taken Or Seized By Force. It Offers Itself Up. It Is The Photo That Takes You. One Must Not Take Photos.

Only A Fraction Of The Camera's Possibilities Interests Me - The Marvelous Mixture Of Emotion And Geometry, Together In A Single Instant.

If, In Making A Portrait, You Hope To Grasp The Interior Silence Of A Willing Victim, It's Very Difficult, But You Must Somehow Position The Camera Between His Shirt And His Skin. Whereas With Pencil Drawing, It Is Up To The Artist To Have An Interior Silence.

Photographers Deal In Things Which Are Continually Vanishing And When They Have Vanished There Is No Contrivance On Earth Which Can Make Them Come Back Again.

What Reinforces The Content Of A Photograph Is The Sense Of Rhythm - The Relationship Between Shapes And Values.