I Sometimes Find The Surface Interesting. To

I’d Like To Think That The Actions We Take Today Will Allow Others In The Future To Discover The Wonders Of Landscapes We Helped Protect But Never Had The Chance To Enjoy Ourselves.

Lennon Was Very Helpful. What He Taught Me Seems Completely Obvious: He Expected People To Treat Each Other Well.

I Admired The Work Of Photographers Like Beaton, Penn, And Avedon As Much As I Respected The Grittier Photographers Such As Robert Frank. But In The Same Way That I Had To Find My Own Way Of Reportage, I Had To Find My Own Form Of Glamour.

The First Thing I Did With My Very First Camera Was Climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji Is A Lesson In Determination And Moderation. It Would Be Fair To Ask If I Took The Moderation Part To Heart. But It Certainly Was A Lesson In Respecting Your Camera. If I Was Going To Live With This Thing, I Was Going To Have To Think About What That Meant. There Were Not Going To Be Any Pictures Without It.

I Was Scared To Do Anything In The Studio Because It Felt So Claustrophobic. I Wanted To Be Somewhere Where Things Could Happen And The Subject Wasn't Just Looking Back At You.