Portrait of a Muse
Jock Sturges, Christina, Misty Dawn and Alisa, Northern California, 1989It is rare for a Photographer to have known a model for decades. Jock Sturges has been acquainted with Misty Dawn and her family since the 80's. The volume of photographs “Portrait of a Muse” documents her development from a shy girl to a dignified, self-assured woman. The final picture shows her with her husband Wade. Most of the photographs present images creating a transparency between the world as we experience it awake and dream images. Sturges’ method of photography is influenced by Romanticism and points out psychological and mental conditions detached from the Ego. Bodies meld with nature in the diffuse light of a cloudy day or the harsh contrasts of a sunny one. Sometimes the observer believes he is looking at scenes removed from this world because of their harmony. Still, it is this world, Sturges depicts with his camera. With an incomparable eye.
Jock Sturges, Misty Dawn, Northern California, 2007
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