We All Perform. It's What We Do

Snapshots That Have Been Taken Of Me Working Show Something I Was Not Aware Of At All, That Over And Over Again I'm Holding My Own Body Or My Own Hands Exactly Like The Person I'm Photographing. I Never Knew I Did That, And Obviously What I'm Doing Is Trying To Feel, Actually Physically Feel, The Way He Or She Feels At The Moment I'm Photographing Them In Order To Deepen The Sense Of Connection.

To Be An Artist, You Have To Nurture The Things That Most People Discard.

Camera Lies All The Time. It’s All It Does Is Lie, Because When You Choose This Moment Instead Of This Moment, When You… The Moment You’ve Made A Choice, You’re Lying About Something Larger. Lying Is An Ugly Word. I Don’t Mean Lying. But Any Artist Picks And Chooses What They Want To Paint Or Write About Or Say. Photographers Are The Same.

If Each Photograph Steals A Bit Of The Soul, Isn't It Possible That I Give Up Pieces Of Mine Every Time I Take A Picture?

There Was No Such Person As Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Was An Invention Of Hers. A Genius Invention That She Created, Like An Author Creates A Character. She Understood Photography, And She Also Understood What Makes A Great Photograph. She Related To It As If She Were Giving A Performance. She Gave More To The Still Camera Than Any Actress-any Woman- I've Ever Photographed.