You're talking about meaning. I want to talk about the picture.

The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.

I think that there isn't a photograph in the world that has any narrative ability... They do not tell stories - they show you what something looks like. To a camera.

There was a camera club at Columbia, where I was taking a painting course. And when I went down, somebody showed me how to use the stuff. That's all. I haven't done anything else since then, It was as simple as that. I fell into the business.

I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.

Teaching is only interesting because you struggle with trying to talk about photographs, photographs that work, you see.

A pun calls the meaning of a word into question, and it upsets us tremendously. We laugh because suddenly we find out we're not going to get killed. I think a lot of things work that way with photographs.