I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.

The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.

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.

Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.