I Think I Was Driven To Paint

I Knew From The Age Of Five What I Wanted To Do. The One Thing I Could Do Was Draw. I Couldn't Draw That Much Better Than Some Of The Other Kids, But I Cared More And I Wanted It Badly.

It Always Amazes Me That Just When I Think There's Nothing Left To Do In Photography And That All Permutations And Possibilities Have Been Exhausted, Someone Comes Along And Puts The Medium To New Use, And Makes It His Or Her Own, Yanks It Out Of This Kind Of Amateur Status, And Makes It As Profound And As Moving And As Formally Interesting As Any Other Medium.

Painting Is The Frozen Evidence Of A Performance.

A Photograph Doesn't Gain Weight Or Lose Weight, Or Change From Being Happy To Being Sad. It's Frozen. You Can Use It, Then Recycle It.

Once I Started Working With The Polaroid, I Would Take A Shot And If That Shot Was Good, Then I'd Move The Model And Change The Lighting Or Whatever... Slowly Sneaking Up On What I Wanted Rather Than Having To Predetermine What It Was.