“I have always been fascinated by the life cycle, the way skin metamorphoses over time. I am mesmerized by skin and that's why I've been attracted to the nude. I do think people show their soul when they are stripped down psychically. There is something wondrous that happens when we relate on that level - and I am interested in that depth.” PeopleThinkingWaySoulShowsHappensLevelsPhotographySkinsDepthPhotographerRelateCyclesFascinatedWondrousMetamorphosisMesmerized Author:Joyce Tenneson
“Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I have used my camera as a mirror for my subjects as well. I remember photographing a woman in her 80s for my book, Wise Women, who told me it had been a long time since anyone had really been interested in "seeing" or photographing her. When she saw the picture, she burst into tears. She saw something in the photograph, an inner beauty and soul, she felt had long ago vanished.” PeopleWorldTryingYearsWellsLongBookSoulRememberUsedFeltSawsWiseSeeingSubjectsTearsPhotographyLong TimeMirrorsCamerasPhotographerPhotographCuriousNew WorldLong Ago80sInner BeautyWise Women Author:Joyce Tenneson
“The people I work with, the people I photograph, become a kind of family for me.” PeopleKindPhotographyPhotographerPhotograph Author:Joyce Tenneson
“I love feeling that I am opening new worlds for people who don't have time to investigate these things themselves.” PeopleWorldFeelingsPhotographyPhotographerOpeningNew WorldLove Feeling Author:Joyce Tenneson
“I think of my work as very polarizing; either people really do like it and are touched by it or they really don't get it at all. It's not accessible to all people at the same level.” PeopleThinkingLevelsPhotographyPhotographerTouchedPolarizing Author:Joyce Tenneson
