“...When the photographic process is directed toward seeing, when it assists in opening up of seeing, the expansion of seeing into “Vision” may be more important than the photograph.  When seeing is the aim, then the watching of the “nature revealed” (Weston), the glimpsing of “spirit” through the surfaces (Stieglitz), or the sensing of “archetype” (Jung) makes itself available to millions of camera bearers.  The raising of seeing to the height of Vision seems to be possible.  Way out of the “it’s-been-done-before” impasse.  Because as individuals in each generation experience Vision, the clichés of vision remain viable, it is not a matter of history or art, but the here-and-now experience of both....”

from  Photography in America

Introduction by Minor White