I never stopped making pictures. There were times when more of my income was coming from other sources, and I had to devote more time to television and movies and records.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
I don't see myself as a moviemaker only, you know? When I can do a picture, I do. But I don't work like a business, in pictures. I am not obliged to make one picture after the other in order to live.
After 87 pictures in 47 years, I knew when to quit.
I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living.
I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing.
Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.
I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.
I always say I make pictures rather than take pictures.
All I do is make photos. It's my life.
For me, photography only stopped because I was selling books.