Miles Aldridge

Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my…

— Miles Aldridge

When I look at the women, it's from a male gaze of being fascinated, because beyond my mother, I've been around notorious…

— Miles Aldridge

When I began in the late '90s, I felt quite lonely. We were coming out of the grunge era; it was the…

— Miles Aldridge

I look at my women with a Shakespearean element too - the variant of emotions they are capable of - it's not…

— Miles Aldridge

I'll always remember Jean Paul Gaultier, who did a project based on Madonnas, remarking on the images, "Yours are much better." Gaultier…

— Miles Aldridge

The work is never finished because women forever will be eternally mysterious to me - and I will always find that point…

— Miles Aldridge

I did a series of dark, desperate women shoots, my exhibitions weren't being well received, and then 9/11 happened, and I said…

— Miles Aldridge

It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you…

— Miles Aldridge

I had been reading a lot of J.G. Ballard in the 90's and was fascinated by the idea of the vapid consumer…

— Miles Aldridge

I'm always working in this universe - whether picturing hamburger joints, Virgin Marys, domestic scenes - using these "vacant-faced" women as a…

— Miles Aldridge

I like the drawings. And as a photography fan myself, I would look at Helmut Newton or Irving Penn and like to…

— Miles Aldridge

I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate…

— Miles Aldridge

I'm inspired heavily by film influences - David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Pedro Almodóvar, and what I see in…

— Miles Aldridge

I suppose I like to set myself projects that are tight, focused, and then challenge myself with how broad I can go…

— Miles Aldridge