I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.

If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.

It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.

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

If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.

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.