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" Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell. "

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" What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything. "

" As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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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. "

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

" Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera. "

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" We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves. "

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" A lot of my work comes from my life experiences. "

Life Experiences

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

" It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process. "

" 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 don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer. "

" To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step. "

" That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having a great time working on this process. "

" The darkroom is just the means to an end. "

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