Sturges, Jock (b. 1947), American photographer. A student of the photographer and printer Richard Benson, Sturges worked and studied at Marlboro College in Vermont before gaining his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. His published work consists almost entirely of studies of pre-pubescent and adolescent girls (sometimes posed with their mothers) photographed in French and East and West Coast American naturist resorts. Stunning in their clarity and straight-on simplicity, the large-format nude images—in no way pornographic—have, nonetheless, generated an enormous body of discussion while making Sturges, married and now living in Washington state, financially very successful.
Jock Sturges
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Jock Sturges (born 1947) is an American photographer, best known for his images of adolescents.
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Career in photography
Sturges was born in New York City, and worked in San Francisco for many years. He graduated with a BFA in Perceptual Psychology and photography from Marlboro College in 1974, and received an MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. He now resides in Seattle, Washington. Sturges' primarily shot in naturist resorts and beaches in Northern California and in France. Much of his work revolves around Misty Dawn, whom he shot from when she was a young child until in her twenties.[1] His work, often taken on the nude beaches of California and France, has been the subject of controversy.[2] [3]
Published works
His published collections include:
- The Last Day of Summer (1991, Aperture, NY) ISBN 0-89381-538-1
- Radiant Identities (1994, Aperture, NY)
- Evolution of Grace (1994, Gakken, Tokyo)
- Jock Sturges (1996, Scalo, Zürich)
- Jock Sturges: New Work, 1996-2000 (2000, Scalo, Zürich)
- Jock Sturges: Twenty-Five Years (2004, Paul Cava Fine Art, Bala Cynwyd, PA)
- Jock Sturges: Notes (2004, Aperture, NY)
- Misty Dawn Portrait of a Muse (2008, Aperture, NY)
- Jock Sturges Life Time (2008 Steidl)
Other noted publications include:
- Montage (Graham Webb International)
- Standing on Water (1991, Catalogue of Portfolio published by Paul Cava Fine Art, Philadelphia)
- Jock Sturges Color (Catalogue of Portfolio published by Ataraxia, Bensalem)
- Line of Beauty and Grace (2007 Amadelio Films)Documentary
Limited Edition Portfolios of Original Photographs:
- Standing On Water (Paul Cava Fine Art, 1991, boxed portolio of ten oversized 20x24 inch gelatin silver photographs)
- Jock Sturges: Twenty-Five Years (Paul Cava Fine Art, 2004, boxed portolio of ten 11x14 inch gelatin silver photographs)
- Jock Sturges Platinum Edition of 10 signature platinum photographs (Russell Levin Gallery Monterey California 2007)
His photographs also appear as cover art on three novels by Jennifer McMahon, Promise Not to Tell, Island of Lost Girls and Dismantled.
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External links
- Works by or about Jock Sturges in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Review of Misty Dawn: Portrait of a Muse by Jock Sturges
- Review of Line of Beauty and Grace DVD
Online galleries
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