You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.

There's all kinds of people teaching who don't do anything worth a nickel. Likewise in advertising.

Every photograph is a battle of form versus content.

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker. I have no confusions. About that.

I don't know if I'm really the fastest. It doesn't matter.

Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind .

When I was a kid in New York I used to go to the zoo. I always liked the zoo. I grew up within walking distance of the Bronx Zoo. And then when my first two children were young, I used to take them to the zoo. Zoos are always interesting. And I make pictures.