Jock Sturges

(American, born 1947)

eva, the netherlands by jock sturges

Jock Sturges

Eva, The Netherlands, 2007

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fanny, montalivet, france by jock sturges

Jock Sturges

Fanny, Montalivet, France, 1997

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Biography

Timeline

1947
Born in New York, NY
1966 - 1970
U.S. Navy. Russian Interpreter and photographer.
1968 - 1970
Instructor of photography, special services facility, Yokohama, Japan
1970 - 1974
Began photography program and taught all levels of undergraduate photography at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
1972 - 1974
Commercial portrait and marine photographer, Newport, RI
1973 - 1975
Instructor of photography, Brattleboro Community College, Brattleboro, VT
1974
BFA. Magna cum Laude. Perceptual Photography. Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont.
1976 - 1977
Business manager and printer (working with the negatives of Paul Strand, Eugene Atget, Walker Evans, Gary Winogrand, etc. with Richard Benson at the Fisher Press, Newport, RI
1977 - 1978
Instructor of advanced photography, Anyart Gallery, Providence, RI
1979
Fine art photographer working in California, Washington, Ireland, The Netherlands, and on the Atlantic coast of France. Workshop instructor. Lecturer on aesthetics and the First Amendment. Commercial free-lance photographer specializing in fashion and classical dance. Contributing editor to various photography magazines. Private photography instructor.

Exhibitions

2008
Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2006
The Age of Innocent, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004
The Patrick deBrock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Louis Meisel Gallery, New York
The Walter Storms Gallery, Dueseldorf, Germany
The Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003
Act 2 Gallery, Paris, France
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO (sched.)
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, Texas (sched)
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo
The Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
The Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
The Meisel Gallery, NY, NY
2002
Il Tempo gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Walter Storm Gallery, München, Germany
Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Fahey/Klein Gallery. LA
Camera Work Gallery, Berlin (sched.)
Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001
Louis Meisel Gallery, NY
Scalo Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
Scalo Gallery, NY
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Stepping Stone Gallery, Long Island, NY
Stepping Stone Gallery, Long Island, NY
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo
Photo Eye Gallery, New Mexico
Van Cel Gallery, Miami, FL
2000
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, LA, CA
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Robert Koch Gallery, SF, CA
Dorothy DePauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (sched)
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
1999
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Gallerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin Germany
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, OH
1998
Galerie DePauw, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
J. Magdison Gallery, Aspen, CO
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lallak & Tom, Chicago, IL
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Farbre, Vienna, Austria
1997
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Scalo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Ogilvy and Mather, New York, NY
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Photo Center Gallery, Seattle, WA

Literature

2008
Misty Dawn: Portrait of a Muse, by Jock Sturges, Aperture (October 1, 2008)
Jock Sturges: Life Time by Jock Sturges, Steidl International Photography; illustrated edition edition (November 1, 2008)
2005
Radiant Identities, by Jock Sturges, Aperture (June 15, 2005)
The Last Day of Summer: Photographs by Jock Sturges, by Jock Sturges, Aperture (June 15, 2005)
Jock Sturges: Notes, by Jock Sturges, Aperture (June 15, 2005)
2004
Jock Sturges: Twenty-Five Years, by Jock Sturges, Paul Cava Fine Art (October 1, 2004)