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

Quote by Jock Sturges

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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...

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...

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I...

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I...

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.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

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...

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...

I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of...

I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of...

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'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...

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.

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species...

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

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...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

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...

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...