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I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

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I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.

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Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is.

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I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

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I realized all of the possibilities that could exist for me with my camera: all of the images that I could capture, all of the lives I could enter, all of the people I could meet and how much I could learn from them.

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I've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage that has always been one of the most important rituals of American youth. It is a day in our lives that we never forget - a day full of hopes and dreams for our future.

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Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

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I was fascinated by my own prom pictures.

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I was thinking about how fleeting and precious life is. Life is also arbitrary. For example, the choices that you make, the luck of being born into the right bed, to parents who support and help you and who love you. That doesn't always happen - and then, what happens when it doesn't?

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Reality is always extraordinary.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: March 20th, 1940

Died: May 25th, 2015

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