“And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.” GivingTryingSchoolFilmParentClassMinesCollegePhotographyHigh SchoolSellsPhotographerTrackEmsPrintDismayFilm Photography Author:John Sexton
“I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my whole approach to photography. At that workshop in Yosemite in 1973 I decided I wanted to try and see if I could pursue this for myself, and I'm still trying.” IfsTryingStillsWholeWantedChangedMonthsApproachPhotographyDecidedPhotographerPursueIf I CouldWorkshopsYosemite Author:John Sexton
“You can also see sometimes that the best pictures are the ones where you didn't try so hard, where you were just enjoying the process - and you didn't even know why you were making the picture. It felt right. If someone asked, 'Why are you making this picture?' you probably couldn't describe it very well - and that's why it needs to be a photograph.” IfsKnowsNeedsTryingWellsSometimesHardFeltProcessEnjoyPhotographyPhotographBest Picture Author:John Sexton
“It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.” TryingBeautifulMovingArtistStudyElementsCamerasGreenGlassesMoving OnSquaresInchesVividMoved OnMaineFerns Author:John Sexton
“And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense.” ThinkingTryingMightFormArtistNaturalPositionShapesOrganizationCamerasPhotographerForestsTraditionalRhythmVisualsSteelAluminum Author:John Sexton
“It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.” PeopleTryingSometimesWantedArtistAsksIndividualInspiringLifetimeExceptionalPedestal Author:John Sexton
“So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully, a compelling visual statement.” TryingFormArtistTermElementsStatementsHopefullyVisualsCompelling Author:John Sexton
