In a portrait, you always leave part of yourself behind.

I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do that, you have to be patient.

Finding the right subject is the hardest part.

The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen.

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.

Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people - of being yourself.

I'm not against digital photography. It's great for newspapers. And there are photographers doing great work digitally. When they use Photoshop as a darkroom tool, that's fine, too. But at this point of my life, after so many years, I don't really want to change, and I still love film.