We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people's lives, but in doing so we tell their story.

Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life.

I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in.

What matters most is that each picture stands on its own with its own place and feeling.

If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view.

What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph.