That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing that, follow that finger back, go up the arm and look at the head that's behind it, because there's almost always something fairly woolly in there.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

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

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon.

Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.

The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there.