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

...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective.

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you.

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.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.

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