Amanda de Cadenet

No one understood why I would wanna be behind the camera, not in front of the camera, and so no one took me seriously, and people said, 'Oh, well, this is just a hobby isn't it?' and I said, 'No, I really love this. I wanna make this my career,' and I did not have a lot of support at all for many years. People just kind of thought it was a joke. ”

I've grown up around people who love photography, and I think from being photographed for so long, I always wanted to understand how it worked, and I've been fortunate enough to be photographed by some really wonderful photographers, and so I learnt a lot from them, and I always ask them questions. ”

In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway. ”

I love all Goop products, but I'll always have the Revitalizing Day Moisturizer on my desk at work or in my handbag. ”

I could do a show with men; I'd love to do that, but it's women that I know and understand. ”

We all want love and to feel safe, wanted, cared for, to like our selves, our bodies, to have families and feel okay in the world. ”

I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I needed other people's permission to do. So, it was really freeing for me actually to be able to not be a famous person and just to take pictures. ”

Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience. ”

You have a different experience as a woman walking through life; you just do. ”

I've been privileged to be able to be a part of some of my girlfriends' lives at their breaking points. ”