If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.
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I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
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I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.
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With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
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I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
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