Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn't been photographed it doesn't really exist.

I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.

My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas.

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

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.

I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.