But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another.

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It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they...

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they...

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...

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...

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other...

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other...

I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children...

I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children...

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what...

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what...

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

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...

Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.

Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

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...

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...