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

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

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller we are, the more aware we are of how insignificant any one of us is.

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

What I'm good at is making art.

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.

There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.