I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them. I don't quite mean they're my best friends but they made me feel a mixture of shame and awe.

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

The camera is a kind of license.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.