Amid controversy, beauty reigns.

The separation of art and pornography | Jock Sturges

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	• Jock Sturges Distributed Art Pub Inc (Dap), 1996 - 207 pages average customer review:based on 45 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This book is so tender and beautiful it shames us.

Jock Sturges is one of the greatest artists working in America today. This book is a treasure: flawlessly designed and printed, with a humane and personal vision which shames Jock's critics into confronting their own hostility to art, innocence and beauty. Amazing how so many people whose knowledge of art is mininal suddenly develop such strong opinions about nude photography. To quote a famous poem: Shame on you for interrupting our vision.

Amid controversy, beauty reigns.

Jock Sturges is the master of stunningly beautiful photographs. This collection is a must have! It completes the catalogue of his naturist-family type photographs (including photos from both Radiant Identities and Last Day of Summer). The large images are flawless, and the subject matter touching. There is a shared sense of intimacy between the model and the photographer, and this is transposed to the viewer. These are photographs to admire. Controversy aside, this collection, the photographer, and the beauty it celebrates, deserve to be respected.

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The separation of art and pornography

Beyond the initial subject, a photograph also captures the intention with which it is taken. Whether it be an advertisment, a magazine cover, pornography, or your family album. The motive behind the photographer rendering the image is evident within the image. It is that intention that separates art from pornography. Thank you Amazon for carrying Jock Sturges' books, and thank you Jock for this work. I look foward to the day when my photographs are as gorgeous as yours. Michael

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Another Great Publication

It is too bad that people cannot get beyond their own shallowness to enjoy such a chronology of models. That these people feel uncomfortable viewing such work is simply a reflection of their own insecurities. This book is done professionally and should be required "reading" by all.

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Wonderful awareness of the beauty of all bodies

Jock Sturges has made the triumphant breakthrough of showing the beauty of the human form, at all ages. There is nothing pornographic about the way we were made. Those people who think bodies of children are lewd should reconsider their Puritanical views. Sturges has done a wonderful job of capturing this truly natural beauty.

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