I lived a pretty chaotic life. I went to England, and I moved around, and there were a lot of things that I was interested in. I wrote poetry. I took photographs. I was a musician and all sorts of things. Nothing brilliant, but I did all these different things.
I don't mind the word 'dilettante.' A dilettante means someone who does what he loves.
I'm an amateur.
I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.
I never went to school for photography and started when I was pretty young. I was somewhere around 12 or 13. I started photographing as a hobby and carried that hobby through high school and university.
Photography is a hobby born out of my time in undergrad at USC. It is more of a pleasurable hobby, a stress reliever. I don't consider it a professional endeavor like acting or directing.
I got a camera at a very young age, but I always kind of thought of it as a hobby.
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the love of it, and not merely for financial reasons. As the name implies, an amateur is one who works for love.
I sometimes think I'm a mechanic. I just take pictures.
I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.
