I had been reading a lot of J. G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the … - Miles Aldridge

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When I lose my larger sense of supporting people to be their best, I lessen my contact with the God inside me.

Miles Aldridge

I had been reading a lot of J. G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer society, the erotic charge of modern life, where the consumerist things we are coveting are just another form of destroying oneself - a modern world of uncertainty, where lost souls are trying to grab onto something for sense of contentment.

Contentment, Coveting, Reading, Soul, Vapid

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I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate intrigue.

Dystopian, Image, Mystery, Power, Think, Thinking

I suppose I like to set myself projects that are tight, focused, and then challenge myself with how broad I can go within that limited aspect. I think to Helmut Newton and film director, Federico Fellini - the added level of eroticism, the arousing message - and how it was possible for them to keep their signatures over so many years.

Challenges, Film, Helmut, Message, Think, Thinking

The work is never finished because women forever will be eternally mysterious to me - and I will always find that point where people are lost in thought, observed but lacking self-consciousness, the most beautiful.

Beautiful, Forever, Mysterious, People, Women

It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you quickly can lose control.

Amazing, Lose, Picture, Quickly, Studio, Take

When I look at the women, it's from a male gaze of being fascinated, because beyond my mother, I've been around notorious women all of my life, and then, secondly, when I look at women and try and create fictional stories around them.

Mother, Notorious, Secondly, Stories, Trying