I'm a very lucky man. I'm lucky for lots and lots of reasons, way too many to catalog here. But if I had to pick the thing I'm most lucky for, it's this girl right here. This is my daughter Imogen. For more than 20 years now, she has been my favorite person on earth. Unfortunately for her, when you're the child of a photographer, you get your picture taken an awful lot. I took her picture when she was crying, when she was angry, on the day her mom and I split up, basically nearly every single day for so many years.
The good news is, after a while, Imogen got used to having me make her stand still right over there, while I practiced, using her as an unpaid model to help me figure out all kinds of technical aspects of photography. And so to her I owe any modicum knowledge I've amassed about taking pictures. The thing is, once the camera becomes a constant in a kid's life, it disappears from their view. Kids become natural, open. They are by far the best subjects in my opinion. And this one right here? Well she's the best of all.