We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.

I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys.

I know the families that I photograph extremely well and have known them for a very long time.

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very very collaborative.