When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

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Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to...

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to...

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing...

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing...

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take...

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take...

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I...

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I...

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you...

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you...

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the...

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the...

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to...

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to...

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may...

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may...

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you...

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you...

What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be...

What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be...

Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be...

Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be...

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you...

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you...

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to...

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to...

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is...

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is...

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I...

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I...

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject...

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject...