Many people who excel are self-taught.

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.

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.

Today a lot of things are so celebrity-oriented; it's only because it's celebrity and the photograph is lost. To me it's important to have an image that is a photograph first, not about necessarily who that person is.

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.

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

I like form and shape and strength in pictures.