I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country.

I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country.

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.

I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a specific magazine's point of view because it's never going to be as good. You have to shoot for yourself and photograph [ the way] you believe it.

When I started out, it was considered very wrong to change an image. There were scandals if someone inserted a sky into a war picture or something. Now it's all about that.

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

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.