John Sexton

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom. ↗

— John Sexton

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When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters. ↗

— John Sexton

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He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography. ↗

— John Sexton

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I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography. ↗

— John Sexton

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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 each and every one of us. ↗

— John Sexton

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I remember being shocked when I came out from under the focusing cloth after a minute or two being submerged within that, at the startling green color of those ferns. ↗

— John Sexton

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I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology. ↗

— John Sexton

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I've never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making. ↗

— John Sexton

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In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point. ↗

— John Sexton

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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 so that's where Places of Power came into being. ↗

— John Sexton

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