What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

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...

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...