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 Read Quote
I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, ‘Do you like Anselm Kiefer?’ He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
I feel a responsibility to myself, and not so much for the world at large. Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
My first pictures are from 1972, and my first proper camera dates back to 1973. During the first year I used my father’s camera. It had a flash on it, which I don’t like, but I didn’t know anything about photography back then, so it was just what I did. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Working with actors is something I’ve never done before. I find it tremendous. It’s hard work. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
The only advantage of the CD is that you have a booklet that can tell a bit of a story, but the little covers are just boring. I love vinyl, and I have loads of it. It’s the same thing as digital photography versus film photography. It’s a quality thing. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
I wanted to make a film as an artist, and it’s going to have to find an audience, you know. I don’t know how big the audience will be. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
It’s so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
In England, I’m already labeled a rock photographer, which is a little insulting, because I’m not a rock photographer at all. Anton Corbijn Read Quote
