If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.

As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all significant perfect moment, so essential to capture, is often highly perishable. There may be little opportunity to probe deeper.