They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left.
I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of being.
But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.
Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.
You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.
I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.
I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
I don't think it matters where I came from any more.
I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.
There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.
I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.
Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight.
My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.
The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.
Stanley Spector: Dad? You need to be nicer to me.
Stanley Goodspeed: Mason, the second you don't respect this, it kills you.
Stanley Kowalski: Some canary bird...
Stanley Kowalski: How 'bout cuttin' the re-bop?
