A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.

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

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

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 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.

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.

I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.