As not a native, I have the advantage of not seeing scenes habitually. I can see things fresh.

I meet young artists and it becomes clear that with some the main motivation is getting a show in Chelsea. It strikes me that this is very different to the way it was for me, which was that I wanted to understand photography and the world and myself.

I think most serious photographers understand that there's this large gap between the world and how the world looks through a photograph.

I know that people think of my work from the '70s as American, but I've been going to other places for a long time.

A work can do many things at once, and it doesn't have to be just about the world, it could also be about photography, it could be about perception, it could be an exploration of the medium. It could be a document, it could be a visual poetry, and it could be a formal exploration all at the same time.

I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph.

A lot of the photography I'm doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.