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

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

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.

Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.

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

It doesn’t matter if you use a box camera or a Leica, the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing. What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing. To have them realize without saying so, that it was up to them to give me whatever they wanted to give me . . . if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

I came to photography by accident.