It's so rare to see a woman's sexuality, real female sexuality, either in the shows or in the clothes.

I'm very much interested in water and women in water. I've been photographing that for years although I didn't really know it at the time.

Of course I was wearing make-up, I never went anywhere without red lipstick for 25 years! It was a form of self-preservation for me to continue to wear lipstick even though my face was broken.

I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.

When I put my big retrospective together in '96 [for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York], I saw that there were all these pictures of people inside looking out. All these pictures of women in water and mirrors. I don't know what it means.

The idea that a fashion photograph could make you cry doesn't happen. And I'm proud to say that my slideshows can make people cry.

I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.