Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.
Work is at the core of human dignity.
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.
My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.
That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.
In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace and dignity in their lives.
Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work.
They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.