The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a fairly sensual species. Jock Sturges More Quotes by Jock Sturges More Quotes From Jock Sturges 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 growing-up book children The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very very collaborative. Jock Sturges photograph photography people When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed consent question was answerable. Jock Sturges informed-consent doubt years Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done. Jock Sturges best-picture done thinking 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 mammals artist animal That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is. Jock Sturges ambition people interesting 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 mother pregnancy children 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. Jock Sturges shrinking media artist I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys. Jock Sturges cameras use views 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 see red sin people
