In fact, I don’t believe I’m guilty of any crimes, but I’ve always been drawn to and fascinated by physical, sexual, and psychological change, and there’s an erotic aspect to that.

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

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

I'll go to do a shoot, I'll spend five or six hours at the beach with people, and when people think I'm all out of film, then they really relax and I get my good pictures.

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

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress.

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.