"Camera vision operates as an intelligent function between the human eyes and the totality of understanding in a moment of active awareness. The camera allows me to arrest my vision as a realization in outer space, precisely at that moment when my understanding and conscience intuitively experiences a reality most important for my awareness of life's essential presence.

"No camera is needed for this experience, only the keen sensibility of the human mind. To arrest and refine this flow of impressions, creating an independent image in space, I use my camera with the same care and immediacy as I have become accustomed to practice with my eyes.

"This image of my camera vision, when fully expressed in the perfected print, stands independently as a fusion, or a blending of two otherwise opposing works within a unified whole. It is an extra experience in mutual communication when others experience understanding in the material results of my work."

Walter Chappell, introduction to Under the Sun