We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.
Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where adrenaline runs high, and the other, back home, which is comparatively secure, and where the big event of the day may involve selecting swatches of fabric for a new sofa.
The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.
I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.
My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.
Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs.
The photographers are always around. Wherever I go, they start clicking incessantly. I am always like, 'At least give me a heads-up, as, many times, I look so disheveled. What will people think?'
Some photographers work on the same image for hours and hours and then use the first picture that they took.
It's not easy for most girls to stand in next-to-nothing and listen to photographers and stylists commenting on how they look.
I am one of the last photographers to convert to digital.
