Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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:...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that...

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that...

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...

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 know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

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 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'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...