I Was Out There With The White

My Early Childhood Equipped Me Really Well For My Portrait Work: The Quick Encounter, Where You Are Not Going To Know The Subject For Very Long. These Days I Am Much More Comfortable With The Fifteen Minute Relationship, Than I Am With A Life Long Relationship.

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.

There Is A Myth That The Portrait Photographer Is Supposed To Make The Subject Relax, And That's The Real Person. But I'm Interested In Whatever Is Going On. And I'm Not That Comfortable Myself.

I've Always Cared More About Taking Pictures Than About The Art Market.

When You Go To Take Someone's Picture, The First Thing They Say Is, What You Want Me To Do? Everyone Is Very Awkward.