If You Are Careful With People, They

I Came To Photography By Accident.

Recording Sessions Were Stimulating To Photograph, Because Everything Was In Motion: The Subject, The Musicians, The Technicians And The Photographer. You Needed Fast Reflexes To Keep Up With Moving Targets, And Sensitivity And Skill To Get The Pictures While Keeping Out Of The Performers' Eyeline So As Not To Break Their Concentration.

I Love The Idea I Can Go Off With A Single Camera And A Few Rolls Of Film Unencumbered... I Was Not Interested In The Illusion Of Reality, I Wanted To Get Close To What Was Happening.

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.

If The Chemistry Is Right Between Star And Photographer And The Geometry Of The Pictures Pleases The Star, Often The Two People End Up With A Long-term Professional Friendship During Which They Continue To Work Together And To Produce Highly Personal Images.