Sur la photographie

"I wondered how Garry Winogrand could shot 2500 rolls of film and not process them. That's a scarry thought. I'm starting to see, it's about doing, about shooting. At those moments, yes, I do feel alive. And the best is shooting war. War is the purest form there is. In war, you don't have editors, girlfriends, or bad news from home. It's just you. It's you surviving with other people surviving. Like all of a sudden everybody is caught up in this thing... Life at that time is magical. It's less complicated. It's about walking or standing still.

// YOU TURN OFF PHONES. THERE'S NOBODY HAMMERING AT YOU.

DID YOU PAY THIS BILL? DID YOU PUT OUT THE GARBAGE?//

Generally, I don't sleep. For me photographing a conflict situation - wether it's a natural disaster, or all-out war - everything comes into play, your wits, your senses, everything is fine-tuned. You're sharp as a switchblade. Everything slows down. There's a kind of zen to it. You become totally in tune with yourself, your camera, your body. Everything else gets pushed out. It's like sleepwalking.

        //IT'S A TRANCE///

Stanley Greene, in Black Passport, Scene 22.

Schilt Publishing, 2010