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" I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. "

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" The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules. "

" I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance. "

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" Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much. "

" I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen. "

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" I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel. "

" In front of the camera I look and I see visually what I've created. "

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Life Experiences

" Growing up, I didn't give my grandfather's photography a second thought. I wasn't involved in his work, except that I helped my dad print his negatives. "

" I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part. "

" My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing. "

" Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work. "

" No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do. "

" My son does a little photography, but he's not involved the way I was. "

" If you're not going to tell something if you're not going to expose something it's real easy to go in and photograph from behind the camera and not expose any of your weaknesses. "

" I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist. "