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I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.

I think the greatest photographers are the amateur photographers who do it because they love it. Arnold Newman is a good example; he is a consummate professional, but he's also an 'amateur' in the pure sense of the word.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

And I'm a pretty avid photographer, I've been into photography for years now, so I try to spend some of my free time with that.

I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.

That's true, because I'm a photographer now.