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Jock Sturges

Jock Sturges

American Photographer

Born: 1947

Always Any Being People Think Work

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The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a fairly sensual species. Jock Sturges

Truth Truth Is Birth Fairly Another Sensual Species Extent

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions. Jock Sturges

Am Human Human Body Body Fascinated

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill. Jock Sturges

Myself Good Concerned Became As Far As Transient Far Skill Defending

I'd rather get back to making art than talk about it. Jock Sturges

Art Back About Rather Talk Making Than Get

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively. Jock Sturges

Photographer Make Really Hard

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left. Jock Sturges

Before Clothes Without Got Were Left

There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations. Jock Sturges

Thought Would Photographs Take Taken Without Any Now

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. I don't shoot that any more. Jock Sturges

People Evidence Recognize See Angles Something More Red Sin Make Shoot Any Which Certain Avoid Original Original Sin Now

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me. Jock Sturges

Me Shame Errand Person Any Anybody Who Last Desire

The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancies of the mothers of the children in question, and I continue that series right on through the birth of children to the child that resulted from that first pregnancy. Jock Sturges

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off. Jock Sturges

Age Live Magnitude Like Anonymity Off Going Where Growing Bomb

Physical beauty is such a strange thing. Jock Sturges

Strange Beauty Physical Strange Thing Thing

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful. Jock Sturges

Beautiful Will Think Members Some Some Things Cultures Different Different Cultures Things

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

Will Animals Other Evidence Particular Does Always Aesthetic Mammals Any Interest Lower Sapiens Homo Homo Sapiens

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