Tilda Swinton at age 3 - The only frame of truly unique...

Tilda Swinton at age 3

The only frame of truly unique value [above], since it is the only one of someone, at 3, who had not yet learned to be shy, having never yet seen a picture of herself. This is her—invaluable and inviolable—context. Without that enviable luxury, these days, it is my honor to make shapes with photographers in the spirit of trust and playfulness, to provide the material of presence. It represents a kind of friendship in action: the surest route I have found back to the kindness of the kindergarten.

Tilda Swinton on Being Photographed - Time, December 8th 2011