Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

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

I will always admit immediately to what’s obvious, which is that homo sapiens is inherently erotic or sensual from birth.

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.