Jock Sturges

Rating:
Summary: Very good photography
Review: I have the Sturges books and I really like the photography. The body tones and light are great.

Rating:
Summary: quality art at its best
Review: I think that with even all of the controversy over the book being child pornography or just art it was a very good book. i think that a lot of people don't understand the difference between child pornography and child art. Also, as is stated the book shows none of the subjects in a sexuall manner. Quite the contrary, it shows each human being as a miracle of art, not as an age plasterred to a face. I think that Jock should continue with his works of art so that people one day will understand what art TRULY is. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...

Rating:
Summary: A beautiful and challenging work.
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: This book is one of Jock's finest yet...
Review: It is always a let down to read nasty comments and misinterpretations of Jock's art. It is too bad that some people are so closed minded that they can't possibly understand that many people choose to be nude and it is not some sick or perverted thing that has been forced upon them. Jock's work is and always will be beautiful because the families he photographs are even more beautiful on the inside than they are on the outside... which is far more important than whether someone has clothes on or not. This book as well as Jocks other books are sitting right on my coffee table for all to see. They are and I am sure they always will be excellent. Once again GREAT work Sturges!

Rating:
Summary: Terrific Technique - Questionable Sales Locations
Review: It is clear that the photography of this book is both artistic and extraordinary. The photos are tremendous, and certainly more disarming than alarming. Yet I wouldn't be caught dead continuing to own this book. The subject matter goes so extremely far against the grain of culture, of my town, that my friends would certainly think the owner of this book a potentially dangerous member of society. This is a five star book - but sales of it are inappropriate in my small town.

Rating:
Summary: Another Great Publication
Review: It is too bad that people cannot get beyond their own shallowness to enjoy such a chronology of models. That these people feel uncomfortable viewing such work is simply a reflection of their own insecurities. This book is done professionally and should be required "reading" by all.

Rating:
Summary: Beauty in it's purest form
Review: It took me 6 hours to intialy read through this book. The photographs inside are breath-taking. This book portrays the purest form of beauty and innocence I have ever seen. And gives new meaning to the word art.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful awareness of the beauty of all bodies
Review: Jock Sturges has made the triumphant breakthrough of showing the beauty of the human form, at all ages. There is nothing pornographic about the way we were made. Those people who think bodies of children are lewd should reconsider their Puritanical views. Sturges has done a wonderful job of capturing this truly natural beauty.

Rating:
Summary: Jock Sturges Awakens The Sleepers!
Review: Jock Sturges helps to enliven the world spirit; we question our beliefs by staring at unclothed children and wonder where has our innocence gone? Transformed into human currrency from basic uneventfulness, one tends to think that thou are that which the Eye reveals... and nowhere but the child can show this to others and Be Believed... Are they naked or are we too over-clothed with indecisive vestments of god fearing, ritual funeary expectation? (Do I sense a plot?)

Rating:
Summary: This book is so tender and beautiful it shames us.
Review: Jock Sturges is one of the greatest artists working in America today. This book is a treasure: flawlessly designed and printed, with a humane and personal vision which shames Jock's critics into confronting their own hostility to art, innocence and beauty. Amazing how so many people whose knowledge of art is mininal suddenly develop such strong opinions about nude photography. To quote a famous poem: Shame on you for interrupting our vision.