Maia with Misty Dawn and Arianne, Montalivet, France
Jock Sturges, Maia with Misty Dawn and Arianne, Montalivet, France, 1992, gelatin silver print, Gift of the Artist, © unknown, research required, 93.29
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- Title
Maia with Misty Dawn and Arianne, Montalivet, France
- Artist
- Date
1992
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Edition
3/40
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 14 3/8 in x 18 5/8 in; sheet: 15 7/8 in x 19 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: Maia With Misty Dawn and Arianne; Montalivet, France 1992, verso bottom left
inscription: 3/40 ©, verso center
signature: Sturges '92, verso center
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
- Accession Number
93.29
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Jock Sturges regularly photographed visitors to the beach community of Montalivet, France, where public nudity is an accepted practice. The inclusion of nude adolescents in these photographs—youths who have outgrown the culturally acceptable period during which they can forgo clothing—caused great controversy in the United States. In 1990, the Federal Bureau of Investigation accused Sturges of child pornography, charges that a grand jury later dismissed. Sturges's subjects are—along with their parents—active participants, many of whom have been photographed for more than twenty years. As one adolescent explained, "We are not naked for the pictures, we are naked for the summer, and because we are alive."
- Exhibitions
2012 Flesh and Bone: Photography and the Body Portland Art Museum
