Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do.

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.

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.

When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.

I find the single most valuable tool in my darkroom is my trash can

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.

I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.

Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!

It's not a question of getting the opportunities, it's a question of noticing that opportunities are there.

I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.

I find the surface of a photograph a thing of beauty in and of itself, and it is this surface that makes a photograph unique relative to other two-dimensional media.

Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.

Being a hero is the easiest way to meet a bullet with your name on it.

Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich.

Ignore and ignorance share the same root.

My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.

There is a tendency among men as well as women ... so soon as they have acquired a little knowledge of some kind, to want to display it to the best advantage.

Okay greasers,you've had it.

Free enterprise system was born the second year the pilgrims were here. And of course, it has made America the most prosperous country in the world.

Ask not what's inside your head but what your head's inside of.