In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
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If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.
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What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.
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When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.
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Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.
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