Could you describe the relationship between photographer and subject? TO: With someone like Frank, it’s great because he just makes like you’re not there. Some people, they’re very conscious of the camera, but he just carried on like you weren’t there, which is the greatest thing that can happen to you because it gives you total access.
Is it possible for a photographer to have such a close relationship with a celebrity today? TO: The PRs don’t allow you access to them. You always have to shoot them in a hotel or in a studio.
You can’t spend time around them when they’re working, which is the most interesting pictures of all, I think. But you never see anything like that now, it’s all paparazzi stuff. It’s sunk to a very low level.
Do you think digital photography has anything to do with that? TO: It only makes it easier for the paparazzi to take pictures; that’s all. They don’t actually take pictures; they just sort of press a motorized camera.
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