Jock Sturges

Bio: Jock Sturges is a fine art photographer based in San Francisco, California. Best known for his nudes and extended portraits of families in Northern California counter-culture communities and on European naturist beaches, his large format images borrow significantly from classical periods in both photography and nineteenth and early twentieth century painting. Represented by 16 galleries in six countries, Sturges' work is also to be found in the collection of many of the world's museums including The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and The Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art in Germany.

Artist Statement: "My work is all about relationship and people whom I've known for a really long time. I'm fond of saying that 99 percent of my time as a photographer is not spent taking pictures; it's spent doing the social work that makes the pictures possible -- spending time with people, knowing who they are, helping them with different aspects of their lives, eating together, knowing them. And that makes the pictures possible"

Interview 1: http://www.amadelio.com/vlog/2008/01/10/vlog-videoblog-jock-sturges-line-of-beauty-and-grace

Interview 2: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/lib/artists/sturges.php

Supporting Gallery: http://www.bernarduccimeisel.com/artistBio.php?id_artist=22

Sturges printing style is what caught my eye at first. I like the sepia toned prints and the vingetting on some of his pictures. Very Sall Mann like. His prints are seamless. The tones are beautiful. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that he works with large format cameras. I was also very drawn to his subject matter. All of his portraits are very personal. You can see that he is showing more than beauty. There is more emotional depth to his work.