I used to think consciousness itself was a virtue, so I tried to keep it all in my head at the same time: past, future, etc.

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 am full of a sense of promise, like I often have: the feeling of always being at the beginning.

I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will have been so beautiful.