There's A Quality Of Legend About Freaks.

I Always Thought Of Photography As A Naughty Thing To Do - That Was One Of My Favorite Things About It, And When I First Did It, I Felt Very Perverse.

Everybody Has That Thing Where They Need To Look One Way But They Come Out Looking Another Way And That's What People Observe.

When You're Growing Up Your Mother Says, "wear Rubbers Or You'll Catch Cold." When You Become An Adult You Discover That You Have The Right Not To Wear Rubbers And To See If You Catch Cold Or Not. It's Something Like That.

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.

These Are Characters In A Fairy Tale For Grown-ups. Wouldn't It Be Lovely? Yes.