If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

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.

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.