What a beautiful monograph, both in content & presentation!

A beautiful and challenging work. | 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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A fine example of photographic art.

Jock Sturges photographs are of nudists (including children). If you offended by nudity, ignore his work. If you appreciate sensitive high quality photographs and can approach them with the recognition that it is "normal" for his subjects to be unclothed, you might want to look at his photographs. Most are seemingly casual portraits of individuals who happen to be nude. They are actually as deliberate as any studio portrait. A few are clothed and a few others are anonymous figure studies. All are excellent photographs.

What a beautiful monograph, both in content & presentation!

Sturges' brilliant & breathtaking silver gelatin portraits of families elevate the concept of "family values." With written permission from each member, Sturges presents us with the physicality of the family unit. His stunning photographs make us consider each part of the family, as well as the whole

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A beautiful and challenging work.

If one of the main purposes of art is to challenge, this book has certainly done its job. What's more interesting is how what it challenges is our conception of beauty. Our society, steeped in a Judeo-Christian philosophy that denies the beauty of the human body, has become so fearful of any image of nudity as to lose sight of what it is that makes our lives wonderful. And, yes, that can include the beauty of other human beings of all ages. Jock Sturges' work also challenges our notions of childhood, which we have so over-sentimentalized as to lose sight of the human beings who are the children we look at. Sturges' children are individuals; they are not there to amuse us or to do our bidding; they have the qualties of humanity denied to children by those who wish to keep children and childhood within the limits defined by Precious Moments figurines.

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A Collector's Edition

This title is sure to be a collector's item when it sells out. It is the largest collection of some of Sturges' best work

The best Jock Sturges book

This book is the book to have if you enjoy Jock Sturges's work. If you are not familiar with the photographers work after seeing this book you will be an ardant fan. Black and white photography at its best. The subjects draw you into the photos and enchant you with their beauty and honesty. It is a book you will revisit often and leave you waiting in anticipation for Jock's next book. Well worth the price.

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