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I Think If I Ever Get Satisfied, I’ll Have To Stop. It’s The Frustration That Drives You.

I Realise That I Had The Best Of Serious Picture Journalism. There Was An Innocence In Our Approach, Especially In The 1950s And 1960s When We Naively Believed That By Holding A Mirror Up To The World We Could Help - No Matter How Little - To Make People Aware Of The Human Condition.

It Doesn’t Matter If You Use A Box Camera Or A Leica, The Important Thing Is What Motivates You When You Are Photographing. What I Have Tried To Do Is Involve The People I Was Photographing. To Have Them Realize Without Saying So, That It Was Up To Them To Give Me Whatever They Wanted To Give Me . . . If They Were Willing To Give, I Was Willing To Photograph.

I Never Knew Anyone Who Came Close To Marilyn In Natural Ability To Use Both Photographer And Still Camera. She Was Special In This, And For Me There Has Been No One Like Her Before Or After. She Has Remained The Measuring Rod By Which I Have - Unconsciously - Judged Other Subjects.

I Didn't Want To Be A Woman Photographer. That Would Limit Me. I Wanted To Be A Photographer Who Was A Woman, With All The World Open To My Camera.