The wandering photographer sees the same show that everyone else sees. He, however, stops to watch it.

All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected.

To live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.

The most important thing is to go out and see the stars, not to see them in books.

Nowadays, photographers start out with ideas, and their photos become the expression of an idea. To my way of thinking, a photo should not depend on ideas, should go beyond ideas.

I think that the photos that we like were made when the photographer knew how to disappear. If there were a secret, certainly that would be it.

A photographer is a witness. He has a moral duty. Every picture must be true and honest. I believe a photographer's strength is his ability to accurately record reality. There are photographers who think they are lucky if they find unusual or special subject. But it is never the subject that is so marvelous. It is how alive and real the photographer can make it.