Jock Sturges

“My work is about beauty and innocence, not about sex.”

“The people I photograph are not objects. They are my friends.”

“I'm not interested in the shock value. I'm interested in the beauty of the human form.”

“I have always been interested in the human condition, and I have found that the nude is a very powerful way to explore that.”

“Photography, for me, is a way of understanding the world.”

“What could be more beautiful than the truth?”

“There's an awful lot of sexuality in my work, but it's not the primary subject. The primary subject is the person.”

“I think that the body is a beautiful thing and that it should be celebrated.”

“I am not a provocateur. I am a classicist.”

“The controversy surrounding my work has always been a distraction. I just want to make pictures.”

“There's nothing to hide. Why is it that the body is so frightening to so many people?”

“My pictures are about a search for a place where we can be ourselves, where we can be comfortable in our own skin.”