The weirdest thing to me is that magazines would never do this for their writers. They would never … - Gregory Heisler

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It is not that people are evil or greedy. The conditions that socially support the system force us to behave in socially offensive ways.

Gregory Heisler

The weirdest thing to me is that magazines would never do this for their writers. They would never hire a writer who writes for another magazine; they want to have their own stable of writers. Newsweek would never hire a TIME writer, and TIME would never hire a Newsweek writer - but they would both hire the same photographer to shoot a cover for them.

Magazines, Thing, Want, Writer, Writing

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The work is primarily subject-driven. All decisions flow from there. The photographs are all made in response to a unique subject, in particular context, at a specific moment in time. The thoughtful preparedness that defines my working method actually facilitates spontaneity and allows me to embrace surprise. I always have a game plan but view it as merely the jumping off point.

Jumping, Spontaneity, Thoughtful, Time, Unique

The picture I was hoping for is never the picture I get, but yeah, I think they fail all the time. Fortunately my clients don't think they do, so I can continue to have a career. But I just look at them and think.

Career, Careers, Clients, Fortunately, Looks, Thinking

To me, style is like your fingerprint. Nobody else has it.

Fingerprint, Fingerprints, Like You, Nobody, Style

Magazines don't have enough confidence to have their own style, so they use a borrowed style. That is shocking to me, but your perception is very accurate. It's a way to be more commercially viable, but to me, that's not having a style, that's having a schtick.

Accurate, Magazines, Perception, Style, Use, Viable

I never do pictures that I've done before - but I really try not to. Whenever I get an assignment I try to think how to shoot this person for this story in this magazine at this point in time.

Magazine, Person, Stories, Story, Thinking, Trying