“Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.”

“A representational photograph says, 'This is what Vienna looked like.' An interpretational photograph goes one better and says, 'This is what Vienna was like. This is how I felt about it.”

“Photographers, like few other kinds of artists I can imagine, have an insanelypersonal relationship with their gear.”

“It’s the difference between your wife’s passport photograph and the portraits you took when you gotengaged. Both may have been created with similar technology, but what stands in that great gulf between them are the passion you have for your wife, the knowledge you have of her personality, and your willingness to use your craft, time, and energy to express that. One says, “She looks like this.” The other says, “This is who she is to me. It’s how I feel about her. See how amazing she is?”

“Take a moment. What was it you saw when you were moved to pick up the camera? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear you mutter something about thinking "it looked cool." Dig deeper. Was it a thought, a feeling, a simple moment when your eyes did a double-take at the intersection of two lines? Was it a lick of light, two blocks of color?”

“Consider this your permission to indulge that inner anarchist. Stop following the path you ought to take; follow instead the one you long to take.”

“الرؤية هي كلّّ شيء، وغاية الرحلة الفوتوغرافية هي اكتشاف رؤيتك، وتمكينها من التطوّر، والتغيّر، والعثور على أسلوب التعبير من خلال الكاميرا والصورة المطبوعة. إنها ليست شيئاً تعثر عليه وتقبله مرة واحدة وبشكل نهائي؛ إنها شيء يتغيّر وينمو معك. إن الأشياء التي تثيرك، والتي تغضبك، والتي تُحركك تعتبر جزءًا من رؤيتك الفريدة. إنها مسألة تتعلّق بما تجده أنت -كشخص فريد من بين بلايين الناس- جميلاً أو قبيحاً، صحيحاً أو خاطئاً، شاذّاً أو منسجماً في هذا العالم. وفي أثناء مواجهتك للحياة، تتغيّر رؤيتك. القصص التي تريد روايتها، الأشياء التي لها وقع وصدى في نفسك؛ كلها تتغيّر وكذلك رؤيتك. إن العثور على رؤيتك والتعبير عنها هما الرحلة، وليس الوجهة.”