“I seek what lies beneath surface beauty. What interests me are intimate human complexities - the darkness as well as the light. I cannot will this kind of transcendent communication into existence. I have to be open and truly present, and if I am lucky, grace descends. My best photographs are an honest collaboration, and when the viewer also connects, I feel the circle is complete.” IfsFeelsHumansWellsKindLightLyingInterestExistenceDarknessGraceHonestCommunicationLuckyPhotographyPhotographerPhotographSurfaceCirclesIntimateComplexityCollaborationViewersTranscendent Author:Joyce Tenneson
“The people I work with, the people I photograph, become a kind of family for me.” PeopleKindPhotographyPhotographerPhotograph Author:Joyce Tenneson
“I found that I wanted to be best friends with almost all the women I interviewed because they had been through something. They were closing in on the circle of their journey and they had a kind of wisdom that comes from their long life.” KindLongWantedFoundJourneyPhotographyPhotographerCirclesLong LifeClosing Author:Joyce Tenneson