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

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.

My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very long. These days I am much more comfortable with the fifteen minute relationship, than I am with a life long relationship.

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

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

When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.