It's so rare to see a woman's sexuality, real female sexuality, either in the shows or in the clothes.

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.

My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.

For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.

I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the place. But the pictures show me how much I've lost.

Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.

I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.

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

My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.

I think the wrong things are kept private

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.

Learn the rules. And play by the rules.

Butterflies. Everyday.

I love boxing! Working out is calming and helps clear my mind.

If you have no inner freedom, what kind of freedom do you expect?

What is difficult? To keep a secret, to employ leisure well, to be able to bear an injury.

It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.

I never think people are cheeering for us. In fact, i don’t really hear them at all.

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.

Tony Blair is a war criminal.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.