I look at art all the time. I go to the museums and galleries every week. That really is like food for me..

I'm at the point now where I don't really have an agenda. I kind of let things flow, and there's not a narrative. On the set it's usually one or two ….

I usually know when I take the picture. There's always some kind of un-self-conscious thing going on, so that it doesn't look like they're there for ….

I think people imitate actors - things they've seen in a movie or on TV, and before you know it, they're doing something with their face or their mou….

The idea of the portrait itself is my great love. The questions and answers in it can go on forever and ever. It is what happens in the eyes or with ….

I feel as if most people are pretty much the same within a certain class, due to the schools they attend and the way they are raised..

I've always said that the Europeans subconsciously knew how to pose because of the culture or tradition of having your portrait made. They were surro….

My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents ca….

Shooting great-grandchildren of some of the people I had photographed in the past, who are around the age of 15, is fascinating to me, because they'r….

Can you see the deaths, divorces, job losses or changes, disappointments, surprises, and successes on people's faces? Have they been happy, sad, disi….

I never thought that my work was going to become well-known. It started happening slowly, without my realizing it. But when I did, it was terrifying.….

Does getting closer to the subject make the photograph more intimate? I'm sure it takes more than that. What comes next? The face, the nude? That's w….

Color is very important in my work. That comes from style. My mother was a fashion model and an interior decorator, so that was me imitating her. My ….

The conservatism is extraordinary to me; just compare the way they dress to the way their parents dress. There are still no tattoos or piercings, whi….

I sometimes get commissioned to photograph families, and they see the results and say, "Oh, I look terrible." And that's when I realize the differenc….

People aren't really looking at the result when taking a picture on an iPhone. And they don't print it. So to me, it's almost not a photograph. It's ….

[My advice to a beginning photographer is] sit down with a pencil and paper and think about what your life is about. What you are about. Don't even t….

I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't know is if I should explain to them what ….