I'm inspired heavily by film influences - David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Pedro Almodóvar, and what I see in the cinema - so there is a linking, an interweaving between memory, cinema and contemporary life, which the… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I suppose I like to set myself projects that are tight, focused, and then challenge myself with how broad I can go within that limited aspect. I think to Helmut Newton and film director, Federico Fellini - the added level… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my pictures where… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
When I look at the women, it's from a male gaze of being fascinated, because beyond my mother, I've been around notorious women all… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
When I began in the late '90s, I felt quite lonely. We were coming out of the grunge era; it was the time of… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I look at my women with a Shakespearean element too - the variant of emotions they are capable of - it's not all completely… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I'll always remember Jean Paul Gaultier, who did a project based on Madonnas, remarking on the images, "Yours are much better." Gaultier is really… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
The work is never finished because women forever will be eternally mysterious to me - and I will always find that point where people… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I did a series of dark, desperate women shoots, my exhibitions weren't being well received, and then 9/11 happened, and I said to myself,… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you quickly can… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer society, the… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I'm always working in this universe - whether picturing hamburger joints, Virgin Marys, domestic scenes - using these "vacant-faced" women as a medium to… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I like the drawings. And as a photography fan myself, I would look at Helmut Newton or Irving Penn and like to see the… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate intrigue. — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
