It Is Part Of The Photographer's Job

Most Photographers Would Feel A Certain Embarrassment In Admitting Publicly That They Carried Within Them A Sense Of Wonder, Yet Without It They Would Not Produce The Work They Do, Whatever Their Particular Field.

It Is Part Of The Photographer's Job To See More Intensely Than Most People Do. He Must Have And Keep In Him Something Of The Receptiveness Of The Child Who Looks At The World For The First Time Or Of The Traveler Who Enters A Strange Country.

It Is The Gift Of Seeing The Life Around Them Clearly And Vividly, As Something That Is Exciting In Its Own Right. It Is An Innate Gift, Varying In Intensity With The Individual's Temperament And Environment.

By Temperament I Am Not Unduly Excitable And Certainly Not Trigger-happy. I Think Twice Before I Shoot And Very Often Do Not Shoot At All. By Professional Standards I Do Not Waste A Lot Of Film; But By The Standards Of Many Of My Colleagues I Probably Miss Quite A Few Of My Opportunities. Still, The Things I Am After Are Not In A Hurry As A Rule.

No Amount Of Toying With Shades Of Print Or With Printing Papers Will Transform A Commonplace Photograph Into Anything Other Than A Commonplace Photograph.