When I Say I Want To Photograph

As A Young Person, And I Know It’s Hard To Believe That I Was Shy, But You Could Take Your Camera, And It Would Take You To Places: It Was Like Having A Friend, Like Having Someone To Go Out With And Look At The World. I Would Do Things With A Camera I Wouldn’t Do Normally If I Was Just By Myself.

My Early Childhood Equipped Me Really Well For My Portrait Work: The Quick Encounter, Where You Are Not Going To Know The Subject For Very Long. These Days I Am Much More Comfortable With The Fifteen Minute Relationship, Than I Am With A Life Long Relationship.

When I Started Working For Rolling Stone, I Became Very Interested In Journalism And Thought Maybe That's What I Was Doing, But It Wasn't.

You Have Trust In What You Think. If You Splinter Yourself And Try To Please Everyone, You Can't.

There Is A Myth That The Portrait Photographer Is Supposed To Make The Subject Relax, And That's The Real Person. But I'm Interested In Whatever Is Going On. And I'm Not That Comfortable Myself.