What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
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.
Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target.
I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study them before I photograph them.
If they want a photograph, then just take it.
If someone is nice enough to come up to you and tell you how much they enjoy your work, and all they want in return is to take a photograph and for you to chat for five minutes, then I am delighted to do that.
My brother's friend worked at a TV station, so we went in; the producer of a show asked if I wouldn't mind taking some photos for his wife, who was a talent agent. Next thing I know, I'm enroute to the agency.
I photograph people as I find them. But people have issues about how they look.
I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define the difference once again.
I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.