Jock Sturges
Jock Sturges has long been a lightning rod for controversy for his distinctive brand of nude photography. Sturges shoots much of his work around nudist beaches in France and northern California, and his most frequent subjects have been adolescent girls. The photos have an undeniably erotic quality, unlike some types of nude photography that treat the human body more as abstract form. However, Sturges aims to draw out the models’ own sense of burgeoning sexuality in a straightforward, personal, non-voyeuristic way. Sturges uses a large-format camera to create extremely detailed, finegrained images, while his strong feel for sunlight bathes his models and settings with a shimmering quality. In his writings, Sturges prides himself on the bonds of trust, friendship and collaboration between the photographer, the models and their families. Many of his photographs depict several generations naked together.
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Giles Paul Arthur Martin says:
Controversy? A slight moral panic and everyday misbehaviour by police and prosecuters?
A great deal of his work seem as living tableaux, with models in poses near to those found in antiquities collections?
Just the sort to be enlarged and framed over the smoking room bar!
johnnyboy says:
Beautiful.