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"For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye."
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"With the selfies, a photographer has finally found his place in a photograph."
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"What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not."
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"And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it."
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"You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery."
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"Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow."
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"Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one."
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"In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated."
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"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."
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"Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection."
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"Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter."
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"Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up."
Cultural
"I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father."
Time
"I like form and shape and strength in pictures."
Strength
"Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow."
Photography
"Many people who excel are self-taught."
People
"Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood."
Blood
"I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me."
Art
"I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay."
People
"I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element."
Time
"I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down."
Work
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