There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in whatever is going on. And I'm not that comfortable myself.

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

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

Photography is not something you retire from.

When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.

I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.