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Jock Sturges, an American photographer, was born in New York City in 1947. His photographs, usually black and white and depicting nude adolescent girls, are considered by many to be controversial. In fact, many critics have claimed his works are actually child pornography disguised as fine art.

In 1990 FBI agents raided his studio, alleging that he was creating illegal pornographic images depicting minors. His photographs and equipment were confiscated, but after a year-long investigation, his case was dismissed by a grand jury. Sturges was able to reclaim most of his equipment and works.

Christian Conservatives led by Focus on the Family and Operation Rescue picketed bookstores that stocked Sturges' works; however, he was publicly defended by civil libertarians and artistic associations, as well as naturist communities and the art world as a whole.

Jock Sturges graduated with a BFA in Perceptual Psychology and photography from Marlboro College in 1974, and graduated with a MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. He now resides in Seattle, Washington and has published six successful publications between 1991 and 2004, depicting photographs taken on nude beaches in California and France.

His works include:

The Last Day of Summer (1991, Aperture, NY)
Radiant Identities (1994, Aperture, NY)
Evolution of Grace (1994, Gakken, Tokyo)
Jock Sturges (1996, Scalo, Zrich)
Jock Sturges: New Work, 1996-2000 (2000, Scalo, Zrich)
Jock Sturges: Notes (2004, Aperture, NY)

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