ABSTRACT
During one of my visits with film students, I was asked to describe the secret of photography. Frankly, the question threw me. I knew that some students who are film aficionados have an almost religious zeal when it comes to film, nevertheless I didn't expect the question, didn't know exactly what the questioner meant, and wasn't prepared to give a satisfactory answer. Until then it had never occurred to me to think that indeed there might be a secret to photography. Perhaps because I have a tendency to be a bit caustic at times, I answered by saying that the secret of photography was having a camera with a lens, film, and the determination to point it and shoot.
