It was a fortunate moment in history that I happened to be in. There was a confluence of the internet and all this other stuff that I was able to capitalize on. — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
My mom had bought this camera to take classes herself and I remember working with her on it, understanding how the stop-motion [worked], having… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
The Canon AE1 - a fully manual camera. [My mother] had a 50mm, which is a standard lens, and then I got a 28mm.… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
That was my experience with everybody in the book. That was what was so cool. It's just an excuse to hang out with people.… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
Yeah, it's just a lame term. I wish it was "movie star." That's a much better term than celebrity. — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
My teacher introduced me to this photographer Eugène Atget. He was a French photographer in the late 1800s up until 1927 in Paris. He… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
I was fooling around one day and looking at Yahoo! Jobs. I typed in "photo" and, of course, what comes up is "One hour… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer in our… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
I was doing a lot of web design at the time. And anybody that has an agent thinks, "Why do I need an agent?"… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
Only sometimes I try to think about it in context. When I think about the context of, "Oh, I'm this or that," in this… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
I always wanted to live in L.A. The other thing that always inspired me was movies; that's why I'm here. I always wanted to… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
My mom had a Canon AE1 camera and I read the manual and that's basically how I became a photographer. I was in the… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
Learning that aesthetic as a kid - seeing those photos - made me think that that's what photos are supposed to look like. I… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
Well, I talk about one moment in the book, but I don't know if that's my moment of discovery. It was a moment. In… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
A lot of people have done that over the years. Many of the agencies today were started by photographers. It's a normal progression. It… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
I ended up meeting this guy Stefan Simchowitz, who produced Requiem for a Dream and also went to AFI. I randomly met him in… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share
