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People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.

Sometimes photographing people is like pulling teeth, trying to get some sort of personality.

Certainly, people feel awkward when they have their photograph taken. They want to see it, but they don't want to see it.

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the ability to isolate what you're - what you're concentrating on.

The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.

When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.

Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.

It's particularly important for a young woman to be in control of her image - to a certain extent. I mean, there's only so much you can do, because people take photos with you and then all of a sudden they pop up all over the place, they're completely out of context and you have no control over how they're used.