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

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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...

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 kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure...

The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure...

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...

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...

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...

In fact, I don't believe I'm guilty of any crimes, but I've always been drawn...

In fact, I don't believe I'm guilty of any crimes, but I've always been drawn...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

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.

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...

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

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

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

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

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

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 truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a...

The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a...

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...

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

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

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...

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

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.