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

The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter.

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.

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.