I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age of the older of the two children.

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Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without...

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without...

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...