There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.

I wish that all of nature's magnificence the emotion of the land the living energy of place could be photographed.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found without consciously thinking about it that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements.

You can't control the paparazzi. But if you go to Coachella you're going to get photographed. Whereas if you're at home walking down the street you probably won't. It's something I've learnt to navigate my way around but I try to keep my private life private.

A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was 'Hey since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed here $10 for a pizza.' I was like 'Aww she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!'

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels in the deepest sense about what is being photographed.

When I was young I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.