Evolution in action: First, God said, 'Let there be light.' Then, he created two nude models. Now we have photographers.

I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues as I ever was. Then there is the photographer-me, the one who has a camera in hand and a specific project in mind, and then the world suddenly jumps to life with potential pictures, as if a switch had been thrown in my brain and a different person is looking out of the same eyes.

'I am a camera' but it is a discontinued model.

I talk a lot about photography. It's cheap becuase my supply always exceeds demand.

Discussions allow photographers to shuffle their prejudices

Predators and prey always coexist. That's why we have galleries as well as photographers.

Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.