I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look.

I have never had any hero in my life or in photography. I just travel, I look and everything influences me. Everything influences me. I am quite different now than I was 40 years ago. For 40 years I have been traveling. I never stay in one country more than three months. Why? Because I was interested in seeing, and if I stay longer I become blind.

I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look.

The biggest lesson in photography is that from negative we make a positive

If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.

I don't like captions. I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.

Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I were looking through it.