I've always been obsessed with penetrating the female psyche. When I shoot, I'm like a tornado. I never sit down, never take a break, never eat. I'm focused on getting that moment of revelation, of insight, of poignancy, of meaning. — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
Michaelangelo said the mirror is our greatest teacher. My use of mirrors in my work helps me uncover psychic layers. Often, the face is… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
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… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
My whole artistic life has been devoted to battling myself and my ability to externalize my deepest emotions. As I have gotten older, the… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
If I am lucky, something new and inexplicable often appears in front of my lens. I am always surprised by the mystery of how… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
Photographing these flowers has made me see the world differently. It was as if I had lifted a secret veil from a subject I… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
I found that I wanted to be best friends with almost all the women I interviewed because they had been through something. They were… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets.' As a child I… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
The people I work with, the people I photograph, become a kind of family for me. — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
I never chased after any particular school, never really had mentors; I really just did the work that was true to me. — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
I have the same themes over and over again. How I'm saying it keeps changing or growing. — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I have used… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
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… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share
