I don't know how many serious Christians exist here in America, but the Japanese, the younger generation is leaving the Buddhist religion mentality behind.

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time.

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

I feel that I'm in a very interesting position, where I'm standing back to look at this change, at this moment in history of human beings. If the end of the civilization comes before the end of my life, that's lucky! I want to witness how this big story of humans ends.

The Buddhist concept is that it takes 48 days to get near this state [of death]. So it's a slow process, moving into, not a permanent death, but the world of the dead.

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

I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.