Taking Pictures Is Like Tiptoeing Into The

Shoot For The Secrets, Develop For The Surprises

There's A Quality Of Legend About Freaks. Like A Person In A Fairy Tale Who Stops You And Demands That You Answer A Riddle.

The Camera Is A Kind Of License.

If I Were Just Curious, It Would Be Very Hard To Say To Someone, I Want To Come To Your House And Have You Talk To Me And Tell Me The Story Of Your Life. I Mean People Are Going To Say, You're Crazy. Plus They're Going To Keep Mighty Guarded. But The Camera Is A Kind Of License. A Lot Of People, They Want To Be Paid That Much Attention And That's A Reasonable Kind Of Attention To Be Paid.

Freaks Was A Thing I Photographed A Lot. It Was One Of The First Things I Photographed And It Had A Terrific Kind Of Excitement For Me. I Just Used To Adore Them. I Still Do Adore Some Of Them. I Don't Quite Mean They're My Best Friends But They Made Me Feel A Mixture Of Shame And Awe.