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What sort of hotel will you stay in?” “We’ll be camping, mostly.” “Good,” his father said. “Plenty of fresh air and exertion. Invigorating.” “You sleep on the ground with all the snakes and animals and insects? It sounds horrific,” his mother said. === … photography was not a rich man’s pursuit, but rather a shifty business for people who lacked the capital to embark on a more prestigious livelihood. Even Mathew Brady, the most famous photographer of his day, the chronicler of the Civil War, the man who photographed statesmen and presidents, had never been treated as anything but a servant by the eminent subjects who sat for him. === “You expect everything to be easy because you are rich,” Lewis would chuckle, watching him fumble and swear. “But the plate doesn’t care how rich you are. The chemicals don’t care how rich you are. The lens doesn’t care how rich you are. You must first learn patience, if you wish to learn anything at all.”