I've been taking pictures of wherever I go, or on planes, whatever.
I just [take pictures] because the camera is something to carry around in my pocket.
It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason.
I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the love of it, and not merely for financial reasons. As the name implies, an amateur is one who works for love.
Growing up, I didn't give my grandfather's photography a second thought. I wasn't involved in his work, except that I helped my dad print his negatives.
If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and relentless.
When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh work. Also, it's very stimulating to be around non-professional photographers. They're the ones with the purest flame burning about their photography. I appreciate that.
