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The more specific you are the more general it'll be.


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Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.



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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.



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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.



I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.



Take pictures of what you fear.

Take pictures of what you fear.



I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.



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I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.





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