Some of your early work for on our backs included photos of your sex toy and leather collection. In 19 87, you created a self portrait titled cathy, which is a black and white image of yourself wearing a strap on,. dressed in a negligee astride a bede. At that time, you vowed you'd never be a voyer within your own community. But i'm wondering, did you ever feel shy about sharing this part of yourself in such a public way? Not any more, did you, at that point? Or i think that i did.
At 8 years old, Catherine Opie realized “that history is made within an image culture”—and here, she discusses her incredible life as a photographer driven by culture.