If Each Photograph Steals A

There Was No Such Person As Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Was An Invention Of Hers. A Genius Invention That She Created, Like An Author Creates A Character. She Understood Photography, And She Also Understood What Makes A Great Photograph. She Related To It As If She Were Giving A Performance. She Gave More To The Still Camera Than Any Actress-any Woman- I've Ever Photographed.

A Portrait Photographer Depends Upon Another Person To Complete His Picture. The Subject Imagined, Which In A Sense Is Me, Must Be Discovered In Someone Else Willing To Take Part In A Fiction He Cannot Possibly Know About.

A Portrait Isn't A Fact But An Opinion - An Occasion Rather Than A Truth.

There Is No Truth In Photography. There Is No Truth About Anyone's Person.

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?