In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.

Photography is my passion.

Nature is beautiful in all its chaos. However, a nature photograph is beautiful only in the absence of chaos.

As objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself more numb. To acknowledge the existence of the incorrigible.

In the business of portrait photography, one must combine the artist and the craftsman.

It's one of the finest holdings of American photography ever put together. It's a collection that would be exceedingly hard to duplicate today under any circumstances.