The First Day At The Power Plant

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

In 1979, I Received A Phone Call From Ansel Adams Asking Me If I Would Be Willing To Consider Coming To Work For Him. I Was Teaching Photography In Southern California At That Point.

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.

I Really Don't Have Any Secrets. I've Never Met A Photographer Whose Work I Respected That Had A Secret Because The Secret Lies Within Each And Every One Of Us.

A Photographer Needs To Be A Good Editor Of Negatives And Prints! In Fact, Most Of The Prints I Make Are For My Eyes Only, And They Are No Good. I Find The Single Most Valuable Tool In The Darkroom Is My Trash Can - That's Where Most Of My Prints End Up.