Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

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.

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

I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.