"There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs."

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"People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate."

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