Rescues; The Lives of Heroes

Photographers represented occasions once. You dressed for them as you might for church; they cost money, they recorded important moments.

In family snapshots the flow of profane time has been stopped and a sacred interval of self-conscious revelation has been cut from it by the edge of the picture frame and the light of the sun or the flash.

You faced front, you seldom smiled, since levity was not the mark you wanted put across your face forever.

In Search of Myths and Heroes: Exploring Four Epic Legends of the World

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.