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

If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.

I've always cared more about taking pictures than about the art market.

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.

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

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

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.