I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life! — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology. — John Sexton Copy Share Image
So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully,… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography. — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I find the surface of a photograph a thing of beauty in and of itself, and it is this surface that makes… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of cameras in front of me the one… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
You can also see sometimes that the best pictures are the ones where you didn't try so hard, where you were just… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my whole approach to photography. At that workshop… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I think one of the aspects of photography that remains for me is I find the process still frustrating. The counter to… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. And for me, I… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
It is light that reveals, light that obscures, light that communicates. It is light I "listen" to. The light late in the… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
The greatest compliment that I know how to pay another photographer is to say, 'I never would have made that photograph myself.… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example;… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Many photographers are consumed with the idea of making beautiful contact sheets. I am far more interested in making the best final… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
To me, photography is 90% a retrospective experience. There's the part of pursuing the image, and exposing the film, but once you… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
There is a considerable amount of manipulation in the printmaking from the straight photograph to the finished print. If I do my… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I've never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making. — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of cameras in front of me the one I would… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I've found even after nearly 30 years of doing this, there are all kinds of new surprises that rear their heads at various times… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I think one of the aspects of photography that remains for me is I find the process still frustrating. The counter to that is… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
