One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing an entire feature film with my camera. I could already picture the projection screen making itself visible as a white rectangle. In my imagination, this would appear as a glowing, white rectangle; it would come forward from the projection surface and illuminate the entire theater. This idea struck me as being very interesting, mysterious, and even religious.

If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem.

I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and then to combine this with a conceptual art practice. But thinking back, that was the wrong decision [laughs]. Developing a low-quality aesthetic is a sign of serious fine art-I still see this.

Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.

I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist."

I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.