There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

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

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

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.

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.

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.