The only 'natural enemies' are those who take one's very nature as an offence.
I felt that the beach portraits were all self-portraits. That moment of unease, that attempt to find a pose, it was all about me.
A photo is always a kind of lie. Truth is only present for a matter of a fraction of a second.
I am interested in the paradox between identity and uniformity, in the power and vulnerability of each individual and each group. It is in this paradox that I try to visualize by concentrating on poses, attitudes, gestures, and gazes.
I don't need to know anything about the people I photograph, but it's important that I recognize something about myself in them.
As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.
For me, the importance of photography is that you can point to something, that you can let other people see things. Ultimately, it is a matter of the specialness of the ordinary.
I love songs, and I love songwriting, and there's a standard of songwriting within Chicago blues in particular. I don't like the sad blues, necessarily; the Chicago blues is what I like, which is the kind of blues you can dance to.
All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long- forgotten poem
Alain Prost is in a commanding second position
I would advocate that you show me your smiling face, and how happy you can make your life.