- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Aperture; 1st ed. edition (October 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0893815950
- ISBN-13: 978-0893815950
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 25.1 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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#423,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( S-U ) > Sturges, Jock
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"Of course there's the curiosity. What do I look like? Sometimes disappointment, sometimes pleasure. But it's not just about me: Jock makes the whole world look remarkable--like heaven. He lets me see my own world in a new way."--the voice of one of Sturges's subjects, from Elizabeth Beverly's introduction
"[Sturges's] gelatin silver prints luxuriate in textures of sand, flesh, cloth, tide pools and gentle waves. . . . superbly printed, expressive in their modulations of light and joyful tonalities . . . the high mark of Sturges's work is its naturalness, its gentle attentions to the pleasure that can be found in life."--The Boston Globe
" . . . Sturges's people are grave, well-formed, and poetic. Best to think of his world as an inviting fiction: one phtographer's Eden, where a little knowledge doesn't get you expelled from the garden."--People magazine
"[Sturges's] gelatin silver prints luxuriate in textures of sand, flesh, cloth, tide pools and gentle waves. . . . superbly printed, expressive in their modulations of light and joyful tonalities . . . the high mark of Sturges's work is its naturalness, its gentle attentions to the pleasure that can be found in life."--The Boston Globe
" . . . Sturges's people are grave, well-formed, and poetic. Best to think of his world as an inviting fiction: one phtographer's Eden, where a little knowledge doesn't get you expelled from the garden."--People magazine
Book Description
A collection of seventy beautifully reproduced black-and-white photographs by an acclaimed and controversial artist offers unique and artistic nude studies exploring youth, family, and intimacy in the modern world.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
An archivist rather than an artist...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Radiant Identities (Paperback)
I read Mr. Sturges' book based on the recommendation of a friend, and I must say that I was a tad disappointed. While he is a very good photographer, Sturges' work has a journalistic or photo essay quality about it that drains much of the artistry out of it. Or if it is artistry, one must ask what Sturges is attempting to portray with these bleak photos of mostly bored or depressed looking people.All in all, I must say that if you are looking for a lesson in photo essay techniques, this is a good book. If you are looking for more artistic and uplifting works about a similar theme, however, I would recommend the works of David Hamilton.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
What photography is supposed to be.,
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This review is from: Radiant Identities (Paperback)
These are wonderful, sensitive pictures. All of them document the human figure (both male and female) in many of its ages. It's a topic that can never get old, not as long as the viewer is human too.Normally, I don't have strong response to photography as art. At first, I simply enjoyed the peaceful scenes and happy people that Sturges portrays. Many of his subject are young people, though, and my mind drifted back to myself at their age. Somehow, it all came rushing back to me: that sense of mystery and awe, about fifth grade, when I first started seeing the girls around me becoming young women. Sturges has a unique talent for showing the steps between child and adult with respect and innocence. I was not prepared for the evoked memory of myself at that innocent age. This book collects some of the most beautiful figure studies I've ever seen. I truly hope that you can appreciate it the way it was mean to be seen.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beauty,
By citan-uzuki "citan-uzuki" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Radiant Identities (Paperback)
It is obvious that both Jock Sturges and David Hamilton have a very strong appreciation for that youthful beauty that people can only possess during a brief moment in their lives. These two photographers caught their subjects during that transient period in their lives when that particular beauty is present in those same subjects. Through their photographs, they were able to preserve this wonderful moment, where the human body is at its most attractive. I recommend this book for those who have an appreciation for this fleeting type of physical attractiveness.
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