If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

Themes recur again and again in my work.

...if you think of modern art like sex in all its forms - heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, multipartnered, bestial, whatever, with absolutely no holds barred and with everything available and permissible - that would be modern art.

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn't work in a studio, I didn't light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn't have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days.