American - Photographer | 1947 -
I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.
Jock Sturges
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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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I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age of the older of the two children.
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I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.
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The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there.
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The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller we are, the more aware we are of how insignificant any one of us is.
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Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.
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Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.
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Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.
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Physical beauty is such a strange thing.
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There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.
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