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	• Jock Sturges: New Work, 1996-2000 Scalo Publishers, 2000 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Artistic masterpiece

I was a little hesitant to order this book because of the price, even though I love Jock Sturges' work, but when it came in the mail I was surprised that it didn't cost more. What an incredible and breath-taking piece of work! The book is huge and the quality of the prints are fantastic! I am so impressed by the lighting and shadows and use of color and exquisite beauty of the models. I can't say enough about it. What a treasure!

Simply beautiful

I have been a fan of Jock Sturges' work for as long as I have been involved in photography (meaning about eight years now). For a long time, his book The Last Day of Summer was my favorite published body of his work. I still hold that book in high esteem, but now that I own a copy of New Work, it has been displaced in that regard.

Mr Sturges' portraits are honest, intimate, and beautiful. Very few portratists approach the level of connection that Sturges manages to maintain with his subjects. The images in this book are not photographs made in passing of strangers. Quite the opposite, really. The act that he maintains long-term personal relationships with his subjects shows and it makes all the difference in the world. These are images of a type not found very many other places. In fact, the work of Sally Mann is the only other work to that end that immediately springs to mind.

This is a large book and not cheap, but certainly worth it if you enjoy Mr Sturges work. If you have never seen his work in great detail, I would recommend The Last Day of Summer as a better (and cheaper) starting point. Anyhow, being of a larger size, the images in the book likewise are also larger than in his other publications. I feel they are better represented in this way. And while I think no reproduction in a book can really match a good silver print, the reproductions in this book are certainly top quality and the images come through beautifully.

I will not go into the politics of his work, as I think that if you are considering buying this book, you are well aware of the controversy that has surrounded him for a long time. Controversy or no, I find his work to be truly wonderful and easily worth the price of entry. I see nothing the least bit offensive or immoral about his images. They are a celebration of humanity and deserve to be appreciated as such.

I recommend this volume wholeheartedly. It is one I will keep and look at for decades.

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Charming and moving

The photographs are moving because of their honesty, gentleness and humanity. The very words I write here cannot even fully describe the sad longing the pictures evoke. One has to look at Jock Sturges' photographs in order to understand.

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mia

I felt although there were mainly superb photographs that the
presents of his wife Mia was a little incongruous placed amongst
so many young beautiful bodies. I`m sure he may well be biased.

Innocence & Aesthetic Beauty

As I wrote before in my reviews of `Last Days of Summer' and 'Radiant Identities'*, Sturges depicts the essence of freedom and a way of life many of us (sadly) have forgotten or never discovered.

What's not to like here? The photography is wonderful and unsurpassed, the binding and printing are high standard, the size is generous and the subjects are gorgeous. This beautiful book is worth every penny!

Of course there are always narrow minded people who might object to the contents of this book, probably the same people who'd object to the Venus the Milo, or 'nude paintings' in a museum. However, for any intelligent and open-minded person there is nothing to object to, just Great Art to enjoy and a valuable lesson about life as it's meant to be.

If you can dig that, you will certainly enjoy the book. If you are still in doubt, do yourself a favour and buy it, and if you give it half a chance, it will enrich your life and broaden your horizon. In a way, you can't afford NOT to buy it...

* Please, see there if you want to read more of my reviews about Sturges' work.

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