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. Jock Sturges belongbookchild Change image and share on social
If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing that, follow that finger back, go up the arm and look at the head that's behind it, because there's almost always something fairly woolly in there. Jock Sturges armbackfairly share on social
A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population. Jock Sturges aggressiveamericandecide share on social
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. Jock Sturges aestheticanimalevidence Change image and share on social
All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in. Jock Sturges completelyhavelife Change image and share on social
The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative. Jock Sturges collaborativepeoplephotograph Change image and share on social
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 angleavoidbody share on social
It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress. Jock Sturges endgovernmentinevitably Change image and share on social
I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of being. Jock Sturges artistattractspecific Change image and share on social
I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened. Jock Sturges apartmentdenialfind Change image and share on social
