Born:

1947
New York City

Education:

1974
BFA. Magna cum Laude. Perceptual Photography. Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont.

Professional Experience:

1979 – Present:
Fine art photographer working in California, Washington (state) 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.

1977-1978:
Instructor of advanced photography, Anyart Gallery, Providence, RI.

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.

1973-1975:
Instructor of photography, Brattleboro Community College, Brattleboro, VT.

1972-1974:
Commercial portrait and marine photographer, Newport, RI

1970-1974:
Began photography program and taught all levels of undergraduate photography at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

1968-1970:
Instructor of photography, special services facility, Yokohama, Japan

1966-1970:
U.S. Navy. Russian Interpreter and photographer.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2006/7
Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery and Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

2001
Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (sched)
Van Cel Gallery, Miami, Fl (Sched)
Photo Eye Gallery, New Mexico (sched)
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo
Stepping Stone Gallery, Long Island, NY
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
Scalo Gallery, NY (sched)
Scalo Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland (sched)

2000
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA (sched)
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Dorothy DePauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (sched)
Robert Koch Gallery, SF, CA
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, LA, CA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR

1999
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, OH
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gallerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin Germany
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO

1998
Galerie DePauw, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Farbre, Vienna, Austria
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan,
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France,
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lallak & Tom, Chicago, IL
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
J. Magdison Gallery, Aspen, CO
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston

1997
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Photo Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ogilvy and Mather, New York, NY
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Scalo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

1996
Bodo Niemann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995
Kunsthaus Fischinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Robert Klein Gallery, Miami, FL

1996
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995
Kunsthaus Fischinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Robert Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

1994
Studio Parade Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Steltman Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Vision North, San Francisco, CA
Bodo Niemann Gallery,
The Prinz Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA Berlin, Germany
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1993
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Zeit Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Klein-OK Harris Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, WA
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1992
Steltman Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Alpha Cubic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Zeit Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1991
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1990
Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA

1989
Gallery Artotheque, Montpellier, France
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987
Stephen Johnides Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983
Maelstrom Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982
MOMING Gallery, Chicago, IL

1981
Hera Women’s Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Capricorn Asunder Gallery (San Francisco Art Commission)

1978
Anyart Gallery, Providence, RI

1976
Nikon Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Publications:

Monographs:

The Last Day of Summer. Aperture, New York, NY. 1992. Introduction by Jayne Ann Phillips. Now in its 7th American edition, 2nd German and 1st Japanese editions.
Radiant Identities. Aperture, New York, NY. 1994. Introduction by Elizabeth Beverly. Afterword by A.D. Coleman. Now in its 6th American edition.
Evolution of Grace. Gakken Books, Tokyo, Japan. 1994.
Jock Sturges. Scalo, Zurich, Switzerland in conjunction with the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany. 1996. Now in its first English, German and French editions.
Jock Sturges; New Work 1996—2000, Scalo, Zürich, 2000
“Evolutions of Grace,” A CD ROM version of the publication by the same title, MediaMuse. Tokyo, Japan. Fall, 1995.
A poster of “Fanny; Montalivet, France, 1995” was published by Galerie Bodo Niemann, Spring, 1996.
A poster of “Misty Dawn; Northern California, 1993” was published by the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Spring 1996.
A miniature exhibition catalogue of ten images was published by Galerie Bodo Niemann in Berlin, Germany, Spring, 1994.
A catalogue for the “Standing on Water” portfolio was published by the Cava Gallery, Spring 1992 and reprinted, Summer, 1995.

Included in:

“Black and White” magazine, cover and portfolio April, 2001
“The Century of the Body”, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
“View Camera” Portfolio and interview with Jean-Paul Caponegro, 1998
“21st” Annual journal of photography and literature. Includes a gravure portfolio in a museum edition of 50 copies plus 25 A.P. gravure prints of “Hanneke…”
“ADDICT” Magazine, Brussels, Belgium, 1998
“Picture” magazine, New York, NY, 1998
“Specchio della Stampa,” Sunday Supplement, Rome, Italy. October, 1996
“Nieu Revu,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands. July, 1996
“Stern Magazine,” Hamburg, Germany, June 6, 1996
“Redaktion Joy,” Munich, Germany, Spring 1996
“Siksi,” Art Review of the Nordic Center for the Arts, Helsinki, Finland
“Fotofiktion,” (museum catalogue), Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
“Das Magazin,” Zurich, Switzerland, February, 1996
“Underworld,” Kelly Klein, editor. Alfred Knopf, NY, 1995
“Image Magazine,” Helsinki, Finland, June, 1995
“Camera and Darkroom Magazine,”(cover and portfolio) Los Angeles, CA 1995
“PHOTO Technique International,” #4, Munich, Germany, 1994
“Nippon Camera,” November 1994, Tokyo
“The Nude and the Contemporary Photography,” (sic) Tokyo, Japan, 1994
“The Cultural Battlefield,”(chapter) Avocus, Washington D.C., 1994
“The Body,” William Ewing, editor. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1994
“An Encyclopedia of Photographers,” CD ROM, Tokyo , Japan
“Read Only Memories,” CD ROM Magazine, San Francisco, CA, April, 1994
“Graphis Nudes,” Graphis Press, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993
“The Art of Absolute Nude II,” Brutus Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1993
“Aperture,” 40th Anniversary Issue. New York, January, 1993 .
“Shukan Shincho,” Tokyo, Japan. Fall, 1992
“Geijutsu Shincho,” Tokyo, Japan, Summer, 1992
“Deja-vu,” Photography Quarterly. Tokyo, Japan. Spring, 1992
“To,” Literary journal, (cover and portfolio) (Phil, PA 1992)
“Zoom,” Italy. Spring, 1992
“Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort,” (MOMA, New York, NY, 1991)
“Shots,” Shots Publications, Joseph Oregon 1991
“Border Crossings,” Arts Manitoba Publications, 1991
“Nude 4,” Asahi Press, Tokyo, Japan 1991
“The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine,” cover and article, January, 1991
“The Body in Question,” Aperture. Publication and Traveling Exhibit, 1991
“Camera International,” cover and portfolio. Paris, France, Summer 1990
“Swimmers,” Aperture, traveling exhibit, 1989
“Camera International,” Paris, France, 1989
“Brothers and Sisters,” Putnam Press, 1989
“Mothers and Daughters,” Aperture, publication and traveling exhibit, 1988
“ZYZZYVA,” portfolio. San Francisco, CA, Spring, 1988
“A Day in the Life of California,” Collins Press, 1988
“ZYZZYVA,” cover, San Francisco, Spring, 1987
“The Naked Portfolio” (Society for Photographic Education, in cooperation with the University of Colorado)

Limited Editions and Portfolios:

The Last Day of Summer. Aperture, New York, NY. 1992. Introduction by Jayne Ann Phillips. A boxed edition containing an original 8 x 10 inch print of “Marine, The Last Day of Summer; Montalivet, France, 1989,” in a limited edition of 65.
Radiant Identities. Aperture, New York, NY. 1994. Introduction by Elizabeth Beverly. Afterword by A.D. Coleman. A boxed edition containing an original 14 x 11 inch print of “Raphäelle; Montalivet, France, 1993” in a limited edition of 65.
Jock Sturges. Scalo, Zurich Switzerland in conjunction with the Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany. 1996. A boxed limited edition containing an original 14 x 11 inch print of the cover image, “Fanny; Montalivet, France, 1996” in a limited edition of 60.
Jock Sturges; New Work 1996—2000 Four boxed limited editions of 33, each containing an original 14 x 11 inch print.
The Defense Portfolio” 4 11x14 prints in an edition of 60, 1990.
“Standing on Water 10 20x24 silver gelatin prints in an edition of 40 published by the Cava Gallery, 1991.

Public Collections:

Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
The San Jose Museum of Art
The Denver Museum of Art
Museum Ludwig, Berlin., Germany
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Musée de la Louvière, Brussels, Belgium
The Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
The Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
The Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
The Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, NY
The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) San Diego, CA
The Dartmouth University Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
The International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
The Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY
The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
The Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Yale University Museum, New Haven, CT
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
The San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Selected Lectures and Symposia Since 1990:

Alaska
The Anchorage Arts Council: Guest speaker and panelist for a conference on the first amendment, 1992.
Arles, France
Rencontre International de la Photographie. Workshop leader and guest speaker, 1990

California
Photo, LA – Guest Speaker 2001
Camerawork Gallery. Guest Speaker, 1998
University of San Francisco. Guest Speaker, 1992
San Francisco State University. Guest speaker, 1990, 1992, 1993
Golden Gate University. Guest speaker 1992, 1994
Stanford University. Guest speaker, 1992
UCLA. Guest speaker, 1991
American Society of Photographers, Los Angeles. Guest speaker, 1992
Academy of Art College, San Francisco; Guest Speaker, 1994,1995, 1997, 1999

Florida
University of Florida Law School, Tampa. Key note speaker for symposium on the legal issues of censorship. 1990

Illinois
At a law school in Chicago, panelist for a discussion of censorship in the fine arts organized by The Coalition for Freedom of Expression, 1992.

Iowa
Wayne State University. Guest speaker, 1994

Massachusetts
Fitchburg State University. Guest speaker 1992.

Michigan
Oakland Community College, Birmingham. Guest Speaker 1992

Minnesota
Hamlin University, Saint Paul. Guest Speaker, 1994

Missouri
Washington University, Saint Louis. Guest speaker, 1992

New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire. Guest speaker 1993.

New York
Rochester Institute of Photography, Guest Lecturer, Spring 1998
The Aperture Foundation’s “The Body In Question” panel discussion on art and censorship, New York. 1992
Union College, Schenectady. Guest Speaker, 1991, 1992
The New York Photographic Society’s panel discussion on issues of censorship in contemporary art photography. 1993
The International Center of Photography (ICP). Guest speaker, 1994.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Guest speaker, 1997

Ohio
"The Cincinnati Art Museum, Guest Speaker 1999

Oregon
Portland Museum of Art, Portland. Guest speaker, 1992

Texas
University of Texas, Austin. Guest speaker 2000
Contemporary Arts Center – Guest speaker, Dallas 2001

Vermont
Marlboro College, Marlboro. Guest Speaker, 1998

Virginia
The Virginia Museum of Art, Charlottesville; Guest speaker 1993

Washington
The Seattle Museum of Art, Guest speaker, October, 1997, 2001
The Seattle Photo Center, guest lecture April, 2000
University of Washington, Guest Lecture May, 2000

Washington, DC.
Society for Photographic Education: Guest speaker, 1992

Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery of the Ontario Museum of Art, Guest Speaker May, 1998

Media Appearances:

CBS
“20/20”
“20/20” Update
“This Morning” with Howard Smith
“Night Watch”
“48 Hours”
“And Now It Can Be Told” with Geraldo Rivera (groan...)

National Public Radio
Morning Edition with Bill Drummond (on 3 occasions)
The World -- NPR/BBC

San Francisco’s Channel 9 (KQED)
Symposium on Freedom of Expression at the University of San Francisco

Workshops:

The Maine Photographic Workshops, Havana, Cuba 2001
The Palm Beach Photographic Workshops. Palm Beach, FL. 1998, 1999, 2001
The Seattle Photography Center Workshop, October, 1997
The Center for Photography at Woodstock. Woodstock, New York. September, 1997, 2000
The Maine Photographic Workshops. Tuscany, Italy. July, 1997, June-July, 1998
The Palm Beach Photographic Workshop. Palm Beach, Florida. January, 1997
The Eddie Adams Workshop. New York. October, 1996
The Palm Beach Photographic Workshop. Palm Beach, Florida. February, 1996
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie. Arles, France. July, 1990