Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

Quality … has to do with intention.

I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers.

I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.

The advice I would give to any photographer - young, old or in-between - is to explore anything visual because this is, after all, how you express your artistry. Look at paintings, movies, drawings, sculptures - look at anything visual and try to integrate that into your visual sense. After that, go out and take pictures and keep on taking pictures!

Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's when magic comes in. And I don't know that there's any explanation for that.