All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.
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I've done a lot of commercial work. I'm the complete photographer.
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Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.
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I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.
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Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions.
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All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way.
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The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer.
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Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?
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Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient.
