"I start with no preconceived idea...discovery excites me to focus...then rediscovery through the lens...final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure...the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation...the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera."
--Edward Weston
