I feel that whatever picture an artist makes it is in part a picture of himself - a matter of identity.

The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to us

This is the gift of the landscape photograph, that the heart finds a place to stand.

Photography is such an important instrument in the education of our feelings and perception because of its duality. Photography represents the world we know, and suggests a world beyond what we can see. Creativity is the gap between perception and knowledge.

I made 10 times as many images as the other students," he says of the early years. "I destroyed all those negatives except a few. I did it as a reminder that you can't afford to waste time: take it seriously.

I want my photographs to say: "Look-there's this thing you haven't seen that you should see."

I need to say to you. There are things in your life that only you will see, stories that only you will hear. If you don’t tell them or write them down, if you don’t make the picture, these things will not be seen, these things will not be heard.