I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

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

The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.