Jock Sturges

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

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

“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.”

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

“What could be more beautiful than the truth?”

“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.”

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

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