But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

My hope is that the work is in some way counter-pinup. A pinup asks you to suspend interest in who the person is and occupy yourself entirely with looking at the body and fantasizing about what you could do with that body, completely ignoring how the person might feel about it.

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left.

I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys.

What I'm good at is making art.

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.