All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.

Quote by Jock Sturges

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There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.

There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder,...

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder,...

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without...

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without...

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the...

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the...

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the...

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the...

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a...

What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a...

The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases,...

The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases,...

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in...

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in...

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative.

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative.

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid...

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid...