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…

- Tina Barney

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…

- Tina Barney

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.

- Tina Barney

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…

- Tina Barney

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 …

- Tina Barney

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 …

- Tina Barney

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

- Tina Barney

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…

- Tina Barney

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 …

- Tina Barney