photography workshops Quotes

I never went to a photography school, which was my saving grace.

Photography as a fad is well-nigh on its last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze.

Photography is my passion.

I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.

I like photographers - you don't ask questions.

There are things that I teach, about building photographs, and that's why people come to my workshops. When people come to the workshops, they're consumed with seeking the subject, and I teach seeking the setting.

All I'm doing is photographing. When I was working on The Animals, I was working on a lot of other things too. I kept going to the zoo because things were going on in certain pictures. It wasn't a project.

I think that it's workshops, honestly, that have kept me keen about photography, and about my photography. My career as a workshop photographer came while I was at the Geographic in the late 70's, and has continued consistently since then.

The thing with my workshops is, photography is a thoughtful process. In an atmosphere of fast photography, and generally thoughtless, quick, automatic photography, I think that there is an interest in the slowed down, thoughtful approach.

That's who comes to my workshops. I jokingly tell my students that the class could be called "Your photographs: Better."