“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
“My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost other-worldly haunting presence. For me, they were simply my own reality at that point in my life. What I was trying to reveal was my inner soul in all its fragile complexity. Without knowing it, I was trying to peel back the layers that shroud and bind us all as we struggle to reveal our own authentic selves.” TryingSoulSelfRealityMy OwnEmotionStruggleKnowingPhotographyCriticsDeeperComplexityFragileLayersPortraitsWorldlyHauntingAuthentic SelfShroudsSelf Portrait Author:Joyce Tenneson
