I don't like fast editing. Anton Corbijn More Quotes by Anton Corbijn More Quotes From Anton Corbijn I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That's really basic, and that's how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland. Anton Corbijn assistantslightphotograph I'm actually not so sure what I'm hoping to find making photographs. You always want to come back with an image that's interesting visually, and you hope to get something from the person you photograph that's different than other images you know of these people. I don't know how I go about it. I also don't know how exactly what I set out to get other than these two things. Anton Corbijn differentpeopleinteresting The really simple approach to photography is a great balance to making the films. Anton Corbijn balancephotographysimple Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design. Anton Corbijn videodesignphotography It's only when people get involved, when there's money involved, that you have a lot opinions around you. I try not to listen to them too much. Anton Corbijn too-muchtryingpeople My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England. Anton Corbijn hollandlife-changingengland I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town. Anton Corbijn amsterdamvillageboys 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. Anton Corbijn kingdomsyearsfirsts There's only one music video that had an emotional impact on me, and that's "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. That's exceptional. There is no music video I can think of apart from that one that really reaches you inside. Anton Corbijn emotionalhurtthinking I've done an incredible amount of painters. It's an area, for me, where there's more mystery left. I've photographed so many musicians, I've been in studios so often, I know the whole process. The mystery's gone from it. I think it's important to keep mystery into our lives. There's a longing connected with it. Anton Corbijn musicianimportantthinking I feel that when I shoot anything, and I have something beautiful, I just move on. Anton Corbijn just-move-onbeautifulmoving I don't think I treat my film work as an extension of my photography. There are two different sets of rules there. Anton Corbijn photographytwothinking Like stories, people have individual lives, and are all caught up in this murky thing. All of them have the best intentions. In that sense, you could just as easily tell the same story from another character's perspective. Maybe that's a good idea for a TV series. Anton Corbijn characterpeopleideas Analog is more beautiful than digital, really, but we go for comfort. Anton Corbijn godigitalcomfortbeautiful If you make something with love and, you know, passion and you tell a real story, I think it will always find an audience somehow, you know. Anton Corbijn thinkyoupassionlove I don't want to continue to do what I did when I was 20. I would like to continue to develop myself and not continue to hang around with bands. Anton Corbijn continuemyselflikewant My photography changed from being more documentary-like to arranging things more, and that came into being partly because I started doing music videos, and I incorporated some things from the music videos into my photography again, by arranging things more. Anton Corbijn doingbeingmusicphotography I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills. Anton Corbijn feelneveryouright-person Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you work with a crew and a film camera, are the closest to film I've ever been. That is the only schooling I've ever had. Anton Corbijn stepyoumusicwork I've finally become an old guy. Anton Corbijn finallyoldbecomeguy
