Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

All photography is propaganda.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

I am what I photograph.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

Art is about emotion

The day we forget the horror, Sam, we will repeat it. Never forget your past. It will make you less human, less than human.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar...

Rekindling hope, engaging in inner work, and venturing into the world amount to a complete plan for picking yourself up when you're down.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired.

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

If you are falling....dive.

Black is not as good as Purple.

The biggest disease in North America is busyness.