If I am lucky, something new and inexplicable often appears in front of my lens. I am always surprised by the mystery of how my best images appear. T…

- Joyce Tenneson

Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal universal presence.…

- Joyce Tenneson

I have always been fascinated by the life cycle, the way skin metamorphoses over time. I am mesmerized by skin and that's why I've been attracted to …

- Joyce Tenneson

I love feeling that I am opening new worlds for people who don't have time to investigate these things themselves.

- Joyce Tenneson

I've heard many times that with all good artists it's ultimately a self-portrait even if it's an abstraction. I feel my work is very much who I am. I…

- Joyce Tenneson

Our best pictures happen by grace.

- Joyce Tenneson

The most important thing is to try and enjoy life because you never know when it will be gone. If you wake up in the morning and have a choice betwee…

- Joyce Tenneson

I very strongly believe that if you go back to your roots, if you mine that inner territory, you can bring out something that is indelibly you and au…

- Joyce Tenneson

Photographing these flowers has made me see the world differently. It was as if I had lifted a secret veil from a subject I had loved and appreciated…

- Joyce Tenneson