As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.