I Am Always Stimulated By People. Almost

I Think All Art Is About Control, The Encounter Between Control And Uncontrollable.

I've Worked Out Of A Series Of No's. No To Exquisite Light, No To Apparent Compositions, No To The Seduction Of Poses Or Narrative. And All These No's Force Me To The Yes. I Have A White Background. I Have The Person I'm Interested In And The Thing That Happens Between Us.

I've Photographed Just About Everyone In The World. But What I Hope To Do Is Photograph People Of Accomplishment, Not Celebrity, And Help Define The Difference Once Again.

I Always Prefer To Work In The Studio. It Isolates People From Their Environment

My Photographs Don't Go Below The Surface. They Don't Go Below Anything. They're Readings Of The Surface. I Have Great Faith In Surfaces. A Good One Is Full Of Clues. But Whenever I Become Absorbed In The Beauty Of A Face, In The Excellence Of A Single Feature, I Feel I've Lost What's Really There Been Seduced By Someone Else's Standard Of Beauty Or By The Sitter's Own Idea Of The Best In Him. That's Not Usually The Best. So Each Sitting Becomes A Contest.