To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

If your subjects are eternal... they'll survive.

In those simpler days, you could just take pictures of movie stars and show them the way they were, as normal human beings. And if I felt part of any movement at the time, it was just to do that - to be journalistic and photograph what is, rather than what is made up.

Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.

Photoshop is useful in many ways but must NEVER be used for the altering of photographs. My assistants and my agency do whatever Photoshop work for me that may be required as it is too complicated for my brain.

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

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.