Jock Sturges: Notes
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Photographer: Jock SturgesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-15
ISBN: 1931788472
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Aperture
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Book Review: 'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication'...da Vinci
Summary: 5 Stars
Photographer Jock Sturges and publishing house/gallery Aperture have collaborated again [The Last Day of Summer 1993, Radiant Identities 1995] to bring us this fabulous new book 'Notes'. Here, as with the previous titles, Sturges' work is beautifully reproduced, 50 single black and white page, one single colour page, the cover photograph and numerous other colour polaroid and digital images scattered throughout the book. But for the first time in addition to the work we are given a glimpse, through statements and comments made by Jock and his subjects, into the working process and to the effect that being photographed by Jock has on the people that appear in his work. These commentaries are rich and rewarding. They open the door a little wider and more light comes flooding out. I have been collecting Jock's photographs and books for over a decade but I think that this book brings me closer to the experience of 'being there' than any of the other, Aperture, Scalo or Gakken titles. Except for one beautiful image of Celie from 1999 all of the work represented in this volume covers the period 2000-2003. Other 'fans' and collectors might be disappointed to find that there are only three images of Misty Dawn and only one of Fanny. Perhaps with the publication of this book Sturges and Aperture are marking the start of a new chapter in the development of the photographers' career. The reproductions themselves are richer and closer to the luxurient tones of the original prints. The binding is very nice too, no dust sleeve just a print directly onto the hard cover. The technicians and printers at Aperture have done a really good job. Jock's world is the world of the naturist, those people who feel relaxed and comfortable being naked in situations where other people might feel shy or embarressed. Michelangelo wrote 'What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot recognise the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe and the skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed.' Jock Sturges seems to be dedicating his life to proving this point and I think that he succeeds, radiantly. The people in his pictures are truely full of grace. And his pictures are a testament to their pure, calm, accepting way of life. These photographs are life affirming images created with love, affection and respect. They prove that Leonardo Da Vinci was right when he said that 'simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.'
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Description: Jock Sturges: Notes gives fans of his unforgettable images a glimpse behind the scenes of his working process, opening up his studio and notes to the viewer for the very first time. A selection of preparatory studies, shot as Polaroids, accompanies the finished works included here--offering visual testimony to the complex process and inspiration that underlies each of the gorgeous images his audience has come to love and admire.Artists, A-Z Books
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