To me, photography is 90% a retrospective experience. There's the part of pursuing the image, and exposing the film, but once you make the exposure, you're always looking backwards in time. I like that aspect of photography. — 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
