I Didn't Want To Be A Woman

I Look For A Sense Of Reality With Everything I Did. I Didn't Work In A Studio, I Didn't Light Anything. I Found A Way Of Working Which Pleased Me Because I Didn't Have To Frighten People With Heavy Equipment. It Was That Little Black Box And Me And £5 Worth Of Film In My Pocket Or Maybe It Was Only £2 In Those Days.

It Doesn’t Matter If You Use A Box Camera Or A Leica, The Important Thing Is What Motivates You When You Are Photographing. What I Have Tried To Do Is Involve The People I Was Photographing. To Have Them Realize Without Saying So, That It Was Up To Them To Give Me Whatever They Wanted To Give Me . . . If They Were Willing To Give, I Was Willing To Photograph.

What Drove Me And Kept Me Going Over The Decades? If I Had To Use A Single Word, It Would Be 'curiosity.

Lesson Number One: Pay Attention To The Intrusion Of The Camera.

What You Need To Be A Good Photographer Is An Overwhelming Curiosity And A Good Digestion.