The people I work with, the people I photograph, become a kind of family for me. Joyce Tenneson More Quotes by Joyce Tenneson More Quotes From Joyce Tenneson I found that I wanted to be best friends with almost all the women I interviewed because they had been through something. They were closing in on the circle of their journey and they had a kind of wisdom that comes from their long life. Joyce Tenneson circlesphotographyjourney I would never censor something to please someone. I don't play games. Joyce Tenneson photographygamesplay My whole artistic life has been devoted to battling myself and my ability to externalize my deepest emotions. As I have gotten older, the work has become more direct, perhaps reflecting the fact that for the first time in my life I feel really free. I have been fascinated with wings all my life. I have had an obsession with transcendence, the need to push forward and metaphorically fly. Joyce Tenneson artistic-lifephotographywings I try to neutralize my figures; I want them to be mythic and timeless. I want them to exist beyond time. I've used the skull caps or cowls to banish hair, which is distracting. I want to isolate the face and concentrate on what is really going on deep within my subjects. Joyce Tenneson skullsphotographyhair Find the one thing you’re good at and FOCUS on it. Joyce Tenneson focusphotographyphotographer
