"BEFORE WE KNEW IT,AVEDON SOMEHOW GOT US TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF. WE DID MANAGE TO SAY,'WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR HATS,SOCKS,AND SHOES ON.' WE HAD TO MAINTAIN SOME DIGNITY."--TERRY GILLIAM
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: MICHAEL PALIN, TERRY GILLIAM, ERIC IDLE, GRAHAM CHAPMAN, AND TERRY JONES, NEW YORK, APRIL 25, 1975.
VIVA, ACTRESS, NEW YORK, JANUARY 14, 1971.
TAYLOR MEAD, ACTOR, NEW YORK, AUGUST 29, 1969.
"WE GOT THERE AND TOOK OUR CLOTHES OFF. AFTER WE GOT NAKED,WE JUST SORT OF MOVED AROUND FREELY,HAVING FUN,AND HE PHOTOGRAPHED US."--JUDITH MALINA
JULIAN BECK AND THE LIVING THEATER, NEW YORK, 1968.
"INITIALLY,EVERYONE THAT ANDY INVITED WENT TO THE STUDIO,AND AVEDON TOOK A GROUP SHOT OF US. BUT I GUESS HE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKED AND DECIDED TO SHOOT IT AGAIN,SELECTING WHO HE WANTED HIMSELF."--JAY JOHNSON
JOE DALLESANDRO AND CANDY DARLING, ACTORS, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 30, 1969.
