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

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

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.

What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn't have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that.

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

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

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.