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.

A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.

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.

...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.

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

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

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.