I love having the photograph in my hand. I love looking at the photograph. I love looking at a box of photographs. I just love the still photograph.

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.

I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends and family, the people who will put up with you. Discover what it means to be close to your work, to be intimate with a subject. Measure the difference between that and working with someone you don't know as much about. Of course there are many good photographs that have nothing to do with staying close to home, and I guess what I'm really saying is that you should take pictures of something that has meaning for you

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

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.

I’d like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.