It Was An Experience That Was Exceptional.

Whatever It Takes To Get The Image To Reach That Level Is What That Photographer Needs To Do.

And Friends Of Mine That Had Photography Class In High School Would Develop The Film And Make Prints And I'd Take Them Back To The Track And Give 'em Away Or Try And Sell Them. Much To My Parents' Dismay, I Majored In Photography In College.

Whatever It Takes To Get The Image To Reach That Level Is What That Photographer Needs To Do. And For Me, I Just Have Such A Love Of The Tactile And Sensuous Quality Of A Black And White Silver Gelatin Print.

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.

In My Mind I Needed A Symbol Of Today's Technology, And I Realized That What I Wanted To Photograph Was The Space Shuttle. And So That's Where Places Of Power Came Into Being.