What I'm good at is making art.

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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 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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

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...

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.

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...