PHOTOPEDIA

"I believe in the basic notion that the world is infinitely interesting."

"My work is about an exploration of the world, trying to make some sense of the chaos of life."

"It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter."

"To be close to life, you have to be close to yourself."

"Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph."

"We don't take pictures with our cameras. We take them with our hearts and we take them with our minds."

"I'm happiest when I'm away from my studio, away from my house, and out with my camera.”

"I'm a humanist; I see the little things that we all share together."

I'm known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, the closer I get.

"The camera is just a tool; the real magic happens when the photographer can find the humanity in their subjects."

"The pictures are there, and you just take them."

"The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other."

“Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view.”

"I have always felt that you should do the kind of work that is close to your heart."

"I'm not interested in images that show something. I'm interested in images that feel something."

“I wanted to see what I could do, just for the sheer fun of it.”

“Formalism is everything.”

“I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.”

"Photography is like fishing. You go out, and sometimes you catch something."

“In order to exist, objects must be fragile.”

“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”

“All too frequently the amateur will purchase a fine modern camera and proceed to use it for making the most elementary simple snapshots. This surely is like playing ‘Chopsticks’ on a concert grand piano.”

“A photo can be more than just a picture. It can be a piece of history.”

“I shoot like a documentarian, but I print like a painter.”

“Good photography is unpretentious.”

“I am at war with the obvious.”

“The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect.”

“Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.”