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

Quote by Jock Sturges

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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 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...

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:...

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 world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

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'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...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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'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...

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.