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John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and academic. Sexton served as the fifteenth President of New York University, from 2002 to 2015. From 1988 to 2002, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, during which time NYU became one of the top five law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. From January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2007, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; in 2006, he served as chair of the Federal Reserve System's Council of Chairs.

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And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.

College, Film, Photography, School

Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do.

Level, Levels, Needs, Photographer, Photography, Reach

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.

Eye, Inspire, Matters, Photography, Produced, Tears

It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.

Artist, Beautiful, Glass, Moving On, Right, Slightly

A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for my eyes only, and they are no good. I find the single most valuable tool in the darkroom is my trash can - that's where most of my prints end up.

Darkroom, Editors, Eye, Photography, Prints, Valuable

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest that we might think of in a traditional sense.

Artist, Organization, Seemed, Think, Thinking

The greatest compliment that I know how to pay another photographer is to say, 'I never would have made that photograph myself. I'm sure glad you did. ' You hope along the way that maybe, once in a while, you do that for someone else.

Compliment, Hope, Pay, Photographer, Photography, Way

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.

Environment, Love, Love Is, Natural, Part, Photography

I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant before, but I felt, without being overly dramatic, compelled to make photographs of this for myself.

Artist, Beautiful, Compelled, Metallic, Photographer, Photographs

And as part of my activity there, he had indicated he wanted me to work with him on that and conduct the various technical tests. And so a few months later I moved from Southern California up to the Monterey Peninsula where I still live today.

California, Live For Today, Monterey, Months, Southern, Technical

So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera.

Cameras, Explore, Further, Kids, Photography, Places

To convey in the print the feeling you experienced when you exposed your film – to walk out of the darkroom and say: ‘This is it, the equivalent of what I saw and felt!’. That’s what it’s all about.

Equivalent, Exposed, Feelings, Film, Print, Saws

When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can.

Abilities, Artist, Class, Jobs, Meet, Potential

So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully, a compelling visual statement.

Artist, Distill, Elements, Image, Terms, Trying

Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of a self-portrait. I think it's impossible for a photographer who is working honestly to keep this from happening.

Camera, Photograph, Photography, See, Self, Thinking

Many photographers are consumed with the idea of making beautiful contact sheets. I am far more interested in making the best final print I can.

Beautiful, Ideas, Interested, Making, Photography, Sheets

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.

Darkroom, Magic, Moments, Photographer, Photography, Process

Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements.

Artist, Learning, Number, Thinking, Trees, Years

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is a consummate professional, but he's also an 'amateur' in the pure sense of the word.

Arnold, Artist, Greatest, Photography, Thinking, Word

I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my whole approach to photography. At that workshop in Yosemite in 1973 I decided I wanted to try and see if I could pursue this for myself, and I'm still trying.

Changed, Decided, Photography, Trying, Workshop, Yosemite

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