I've got the body of a model and the face of a coal miner.
Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman, has been my mission.
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.
Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends.
Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think that is absolutely essential.
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel at home in our skin. Other animals have coats that they accept, but the human race has yet to come to terms with being nude.
I was looking to become more proactive with my career because I wasn't crazy with some of the scripts I was getting - this was before Blow and Hannibal - so I decided to start my own production company
I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.
Want any of this stuff? Jordan?. . . Nick?" I didn't answer. Nick?" he asked again. What?" Want any?" No. . . I just remembered that today's my birthday. " I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
Many people say they got into their career by accident. The other side of that is that your career is an accident waiting to happen.