Business Week Online Contributing Editor Thane Peterson recently caught up with one of the great documentary photographers. I wanted to ask about your take on technology and photography. I love reality. That's what I do try to photograph. Today that almost makes you a dinosaur because so much that you see is not about reality.
Reality can be tough to look at.
People want to look at stuff that's fairly commercial. So, when I edit my work, I send digital scans. I think it's wonderful that all sorts of styles of photography exist. I don't regard it as a threat at all. There's a little bit of a dichotomy in that there are tons of celebrity photos on your Web site, but you also seem to have a pretty strong social agenda.