My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost other-worldly haunting presence. For me, they were simply my own reality at that point in my life. What I was trying to reveal was my inner soul in all its fragile complexity. Without knowing it, I was trying to peel back the layers that shroud and bind us all as we struggle to reveal our own authentic selves.

Have the utmost respect for your subjects. Love them.

The people I work with, the people I photograph, become a kind of family for me.

I've heard many times that with all good artists it's ultimately a self-portrait even if it's an abstraction. I feel my work is very much who I am. I didn't try to make it that way; it just is. It reflects who I am and also my interests.

I would never censor something to please someone. I don't play games.

Find the one thing you’re good at and FOCUS on it.

I love feeling that I am opening new worlds for people who don't have time to investigate these things themselves.