One of the great things about being an older person is that I am very aware of the scope of the work and the historical sense of it. It's bigger than me.
I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for us - there's so much for us in this country.
I went on tour with the Rolling Stones in 1972 for two or three cities. And in 1975, I was the tour photographer for the Rolling Stones. I hung onto my camera for dear life. Because it scared the hell out of me.
There certainly are people who are a pain to work with. I'd be crazy to name them. You can't be indiscreet in this business.
My body was so instrumental to how I took pictures: it was practically a dance. I used to use my legs a lot; now I'm a little more sedentary.
As much as I'm not a journalist, I use journalism. And when you photograph a relationship, it's quite wonderful to let something unfold in front of you.
What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.
I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.
There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.
As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.
I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.
The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!
As a young person, and I know it's hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn't do normally if I was just by myself.
There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.
I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.
When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.
Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter.
I was scared when I went to Conde Nast. I had heard horror stories about how they used you up and then spit you out and went on. But there was this great history of photography that had been done there.