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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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...

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

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

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

I'd rather get back to making art than talk about it.

I'd rather get back to making art than talk about it.

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...

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...

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...

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.