The Reason I Do Workshops Is So

He Was A Very Generous Soul And Was Exceptionally Dedicated To The Medium Of Photography.

So To Me It's Very Similar In Terms Of Trying To Distill Within The Image, Those Elements That Are Gonna Form, Hopefully, A Compelling Visual Statement.

When I Teach And Meet A Class For The First Time, You Realize That There Are People There That Have Exceptional Abilities Or Have The Potential To Do Exceptional Things And You Never Know Who Those People Are. My Job Is To Provide The Best Information I Can.

I Took A Workshop From Him A Few Months After That. That Experience Changed My Whole Approach To Photography. At That Workshop In Yosemite In 1973 I Decided I Wanted To Try And See If I Could Pursue This For Myself, And I'm Still Trying.

I Remembered Seeing It And It Was This Metallic Turbine And I Thought It Was Beautiful. I Had Never Been In A Power Plant Before, But I Felt, Without Being Overly Dramatic, Compelled To Make Photographs Of This For Myself.