The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.

I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.

When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.

The fact that I have a little ten-megapixel camera with me all the time, is way better than having the greatest camera in the world sitting at home on a desk instead of on my shoulder.

I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian.

It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have.

I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.