Jock Sturges Quotes

A collection of quotes by Jock Sturges.

Jock Sturges is an American photographer known for his controversial works featuring nude portraits, often of adolescents and their families. Born in 1947, Sturges studied photography at Marlboro College and later received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His photographs, often shot in naturist communities, explore themes of youth, beauty, and the complexities of human relationships. While his work has faced criticism and controversy due to its subject matter, Sturges maintains that his intention is to capture the vulnerability and naturalness of his subjects.

The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or ano

The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a fairly sensual species.

Jock Sturges

Truth Birth

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are complet

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.

Jock Sturges

Peace

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude li

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

Jock Sturges

Age

Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some

Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the onset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have a malady in the less attractive forms.

Charles Dickens

Dad

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Jock Sturges

Beauty