If you view your life as a piece of fabric or a tapestry, the photography is the stitching. It keeps everything together.

Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you’re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful!

The most important piece of equipment in your bag is your attitude

When shooting a story about someone, their hands should always be on your list to shoot.

Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.

We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We go forward, despite the uncertainty. Because this is an act of love and passion, which defies reason and prudence.

A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen to what you have to say because you’re not wearing a tie, then put on a tie, ’cause what you have to say is more important than not wearing a tie. He was right.