“One thinks technically photography is simple, ne?” (He peppers his English sentences with the German sound “ne?”, an untranslatable word used for emphasis, though he still pronounces “sort of” in the most London way imaginable.) “But the complexity of this space, from here to the Caulfield print, and all the objects in between – the brain can compute what goes on because of stereovision and the processing power that’s at work in real time. But to make that re-experiencable via paper is very, very hard. That’s my driving force, the question: is it possible? Can I take a picture of this?”

How would he take a picture of this?

“I mean, I just saw the tulip. The dead tulip towards the leaf, how they come together. I can see a possible picture there. There are three – no, four – stacks of books, and my initial reaction would be that it’s a cliche, it’s stacks of books. It means time, it means work, it always stands for something. Then another side of me would say: well, but is it possible? Maybe I can take a picture?” (via)