Over time it just got more and more intense as far as the trust factor. For example, when we started editing the film [Dream of Life], I thought, man, I need to make sense of all the footage I have; I need to ground the film. And one day I was hanging out in Patti's [Smith] bedroom, which is where Patti works, and in the corner of her bedroom is this great chair, and that's when she began showing her personal things to me. The camera was there, and we realized that we were really making the movie and making sense of the footage in the movie.
Steven SebringSometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.
Steven SebringMany of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.
Steven SebringI was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.
Steven Sebring