I Always Prefer To Work In The

It's In Trying To Direct The Traffic Between Artiface [sic] And Candor, Without Being Run Over, That I'm Confronted With The Questions About Photography That Matter Most To Me.

The Way Someone Who's Being Photographed Presents Himself To The Camera, And The Effect Of The Photographer's Response On That Presence, Is What The Making Of A Portrait Is All About.

A Portrait Is Not A Likeness. The Moment An Emotion Or Fact Is Transformed Into A Photograph It Is No Longer A Fact But An Opinion. There Is No Such Thing As Inaccuracy In A Photograph. All Photographs Are Accurate. None Of Them Is The Truth.

I Always Prefer To Work In The Studio. It Isolates People From Their Environment

I Can See Myself As A Very Old Man In A Terrific Wheelchair. Only, I Won't Be Photographing The Tree Outside My Window, The Way Steichen Did. I'll Be Photographing Other Old People.