Jock Sturges

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Jock Sturges 2013 in Brno .

Jock Sturges (* 1947 in New York ) is an American photographer .

Life

Sturges graduated with a BFA in Perceptual Psychology and Photography from Marlboro College in 1974 and graduated with an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985 .

Jock Sturges became known for his recordings on nudist beaches in California , Spain and especially in France ( Montalivet ). His pictures mainly depict naked girls and young women. Unlike David Hamilton , for example , Sturges does not see his pictures as sensual, erotic or even pornographic. On the contrary, they should primarily show beauty, fragility and impermanence.

In the United States , Sturges' office was searched by the FBI in 1990 and his pictures and equipment were confiscated. The reason was the allegation of child pornography . These allegations could not be upheld and he got his equipment and pictures back. Later that year he was attacked by the religious right. Through appearances on TV programs and defense by many liberals in the USA, he was also able to survive these attacks.

His works can now be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Bibliothèque nationale de France , the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . There were also exhibitions in galleries in Tokyo , Berlin , Munich , Brussels and other cities around the world.

Publications

  • The Last Day of Summer. Aperture, New York 1991
    The last day of summer. Contributions by Jayne Anne Phillips. Translated by Elfriede Peschel. Knesebeck, Berlin 1996, hardback, 96 pages, ISBN 978-3-926901-84-2
  • Radiant Identities. Aperture, New York 1994, 95 pages, ISBN 0-89381-595-0
  • Evolution of Grace. Gakken, Tokyo 1994
  • Jock Sturges. Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt am Main, Scalo, Zurich 1996, 207 pp., ISBN 978-3-931141-30-1
  • Jock Sturges: New Work, 1996-2000. Scalo, Zurich 2000, 111 pp., ISBN 3-908247-36-5
  • Jock Sturges: Notes. Aperture, New York 2004, 95 pages, ISBN 1-931788-47-2
  • Jock Sturges: Twenty Five Years. Paul Cava Fine Art / Jock Sturges 2004, ISBN 978-3-936165-94-4
  • Assembly. Graham Webb International
  • Standing on water. Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia 1991, 20x24 gelatin silver prints in an edition of 40 issues
  • Jock Sturges Color. Ataraxia Studios, Bensalem 2003, 28 pp.
  • Life ~ Time. Steidl, Göttingen 2008, 192 pages, ISBN 978-3-86521-700-4
  • Misty Dawn. Portrait of a muse. Aperture, New York 2008, 167 pp., ISBN 978-1-59711-074-7
  • Fanny. Steidl, Göttingen 2014, 154 pages ISBN 978-3-86930-694-0

documentation

  • The beauty in us. (US title: Line of Beauty and Grace. ) Documentation, Germany, USA, France, 2008, 52 min., Written and directed: Christian Klinger, Daniela Krien , production: Filmtank Hamburg Thomas Tielsch, ZDF , first broadcast: arte , 31 July 2009, table of contents by arte, website for the film

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personal data
SURNAME Sturges, Jock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH new York