My father was a text journalist, so I have been exposed to journalism all my life. I remember looking at my father’s GEO magazines when I was very little.
I learned photography by shooting, shooting, shooting. And through my mistakes.
I love to shoot photographs of people. It's very exciting to have access to someone’s life for a little while.
My first assignment in Gaza made a big impression, because it was my first time working in a place like that. I found it very hard to be leaving safely while the people I had photographed could not do the same thing.
The best thing is to be able to live a story in the first person, and the worst is not to be able to get access to something taking place.
You never know where THE picture is and when it's going to happen.
A single image sometimes is able to sum up a big story. But I’ve experienced that a person I was photographing said something very thrilling. I would have loved everybody to hear it!
I respect photographers who approach every story in an open-minded, fair and enthusiastic way.
