My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.

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

One of the major things I really want to work on now is female rage because that's not dealt with at all - and I have a lot of it.

My work shows the beauty in so many different kinds of people because I never photograph anyone who I don't think is beautiful. I never take an intentionally mean picture.

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.

The main thing that I want to say is that I don't think women are at their most beautiful in their adolescence or in their early 20s.

I have the freedom of seeing it [churches and paintings of saints] with a non-Catholic eye without the guilt.