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I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England. But when I heard Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures', that pushed me towards making the move and making it real. I met them within 12 days of moving to England.
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It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.
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For me N.M.E. was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and that's really been the basis of everything I've been doing since.
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There's a lot about records that you cannot feel from a CD.
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Once you make decisions, you can't go back, but in photography, that process can continue. With film, you have to eliminate all the possibilities and make the one possibility work the best for you, so you have to become very creative with the direction you've chosen.
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I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.
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I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.
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I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get.
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For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'
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Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.
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I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.