I'm a very curious person. And most people are charmed by curiosity - especially if you are curious about them or what they are doing . . . unless they are breaking into a car or something.

My photography has really always been about what I feel I'm getting out of it. What people on the outside get doesn't concern me.

A lot of my work comes through accidents or circumstances that just happen to present themselves. I have to realize that something is presenting itself. Otherwise it slips right by.

In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.

When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something to take a picture of!" That's almost a sure sign that you shouldn't do it.

Dates can be important. It's a nice way to remember when I took the photo without having to rack my brain or look in the archives. It also makes every photo important, because there is the date. I can take a picture of nothing, but at least we know when I took it.

I'm pretty solitary when I take pictures. Even when I take pictures of people, I just go about my own way of doing it.