I really prefer light-eyed models, They photograph more easily. Of course, I come from a light-eyed background, so maybe that influenced my taste.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I learned early on that if I was to get attention, I would have to be charming. Even the models I've photographed are often like that. Some of them are not beautiful. But, if you catch them in the right light, they glow.
I find great lighting and a squint of the eyes makes anyone look better.
There are so many beautiful girls who aren't photogenic. In real life, half the models you see look really hideous.
I look very different on camera compared with how I do in real life. On camera, I look my best when everything is enhanced, especially my eyes - I like a smoky eye. In real life, I like myself best in tinted moisturiser, lip balm and mascara.
I don't think my eyes are stunning as some people's are.
I have never understood models. I find it really hard to find beauty in that or to discover beauty because the beauty was so obvious.
I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.
I do not like bad photographs. I don't like to be badly lit. There is a fashion, particularly on stage, for very 'toppy' lighting, which makes a child look 50. Ten o'clock is very good. If someone is taking a picture, you say, 'Lamps at 10 o'clock,' then everybody looks lovely.
I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
I don't like gimmicky pictures; I've always hated them. I like pictures that are very clear and clean, whether you're a great street photographer - somebody like Friedlander or Winogrand or Cartier-Bresson - or whether you're a portraitist, like Irving Penn.