I Have This Idea That

I Have Always Gone To Nature, Since I Was A Kid. I Was Brought Up In The Woods, I Did Not Have Lots Of Friends, So I Spent Lot Of Time Alone. My Mother Always Loved To Live In The Forest; She Loved Gardens, Birds And Nature And Taught Me A Deep Respect For That. She Taught Me About Growing Food And Vegetables And To Take Care Of Animals. They Also Have Feelings. So Nature Was Always Something Sacred For Me, The Place I Can Go, Meditate And Pray. It's Like A Church In The Nature For Me.

I Went To Art High School And Thought I'd Be A Painter. Unfortunately I Didn't Finish High School, But That's Always Been Part Of My Work.

I Like Thinking About The Fragility Of The Human Flesh And Our Bodies - Our Decay And Eventual Death.

I'm A Photographer, Period. I Love Photography, The Immediacy Of It. I Like The Craft, The Idea Of Saying 'i'm A Photographer.'

There Is Nothing Ugly In Sexuality Or In The Body. It's Human!