John Sex, "Rock Your Body," 1988

“In 1982, I visited New York on a 36-hour long school trip to see Broadway plays. I bought an issue of the Village Voice that I *studied* for the next year, because the back pages and apartment rental listings told me everything I needed to know to be able to make my way from my hometown back to the Big Apple. In that issue was an Amy Arbus portrait of John Sex and Katy K that was really striking. I recall thinking ‘Hey it’s the guy in that picture’ the first time I saw John in a nightclub. He was one of those people who was a celebrity, but only in lower Manhattan.”