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.

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed consent question was answerable.

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very very collaborative.

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

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

I know the families that I photograph extremely well and have known them for a very long time.