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Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.

I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction.

Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.

Family photo albums are so powerful in that they make kids feel valued, cherished and respected.

I think it's important to try to get on a kid's level when taking their photo.

I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always looking for the side of who they might become.

When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.