La nudité chez Sturges révèle une authenticité originelle en faisant réellement tomber les masques, contrairement à certaines oeuvres où elle n'est que rajoutée en vue d'un effet de mise en scène. Ici le naturel prévaut sur le fabriqué : pas de maquillage ni de comédie. Ses cinq livres, The Last Day of Summer (1...

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Ever since the appearance of Sturges'work in the public arena in the 1980s, he has been a focal point of an intense dialogue involving the differences between nudity and sexuality, the human figure, youth, and questions of appropriateness. In Notes, boldly published by Aperture, an early champion of his work, Sturges sets out to "open the door wide enough to offer insight into my methods.&...

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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 au...

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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...

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"In the fifty-eight images of this handsome, cleanly designed monograph, Sturges sustains a delicate balance on a very precarious wire. He engages us through the tension of polarities: between public and private, between tact and frankness, between childhood and adolescence, between male and female, between artist and model...His purity of intent shines through in the images; his struggle ...

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Long known for his radiant black and white naturist portraiture, Jock Sturges has also been quietly working in color for more than two decades. Life Time presents a broad range of this color work for the first time and carries forward his extended portraits of families in Northern California counter-culture communities and on French naturist beaches. Working with the same models and their famil...

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A mid-season Photographs sale composed of high-quality 20th and 21st Century works on January 31, 2008.

Viewing 25 - 30 January
25-26 January, 10am - 5pm
27 January, 12pm - 5pm
28-30 January, 10am - 5pm

Reception 24 January 6-8pm

Please view our Photographs catalogue online and read more about the sale on our website www.phillips...

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