Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.
It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.
Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a manner similar to the way the human eye might perceive. . . Black and white is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality.
Nothing is staged. And nothing is already there. Everything is transformed through the camera.
The pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche. . . It's a hard place to get to, honestly. It has taken me many years to get to that place and to define it visually.
Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.
Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs over the past forty years has ultimately been about defining myself. It has been fundamentally a psychological and existential journey.
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
Recent literature on transsexualism in the lesbian community draws connections with the practices of sadomasochism.
So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.
Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.