What
did you try to focus on/capture in your portraits?
Asked by Elizabeth Bunn
I never think about it. I just interact with the
subject, try and find a nice place to take the
picture, find a good spot where the light is right,
or wait till the right time of day to take the
photos and then just shoot. Without any cognitive
interference, without putting my ideas about what
the result of the photo should be, I get a very
true image of the subject. Only in one instance,
the photo that appeared on the Music From Big
Pink album, was there any planning. And in that
case, both the Band and I discussed what the photo
should be like - what the atmosphere and feeling
should be and so it came out to be a true vision
of who they really were, because it was not my
idea alone.
