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I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

Because of who I am, people ask for photos. I can't just say no to everyone.

Believe me, I don't like being photographed. I don't like myself in pictures. Actually, I do sometimes.

I was extremely irritated being photographed for a long time, then I gave up caring. Photography is a nauseating cliche, but there is a lot to it. You can tell so much about a person from it. You are exaggerating the consciousness. It's life-thickening, photography.

Certainly, people feel awkward when they have their photograph taken. They want to see it, but they don't want to see it.

The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around.

I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.

I hate having my photograph taken.

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?

I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job.