And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans do.

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father.

I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.

Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.

I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element.

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.