Teaching doesn't relate to photographing, at least not for me.

In the simplest sentence, I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed. Basically, that's why I photograph, in the simplest language. That's the beginning of it and then we get to play the games.

I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.

The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed

There are things I photograph because I'm interested in those things.

I was a hired gun, more or less.

I don't go around looking at my pictures.