I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective.

In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is some terrible or great moment, we remember the stills.

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

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

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.

I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't a photograph that others were taking, but I continued to take pictures.