When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.

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.

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

As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

I’d like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.