Jock Sturges has made the triumphant breakthrough of showing the beauty of the human form, at all ages. There is nothing pornographic about the way we were made. Those people who think bodies of children are lewd should reconsider their Puritanical views. Sturges has done a wonderful job of capturing this truly natural beauty.

Great use of light, fantastic portraits - you really see the subjects as real people and individuals.

It de-sexualises the humand body and shows it in its most real, most pure and most beautiful form.

Jock Sturges' own words sum it up really well: "If am lucky, my subjects come to know that they are at their most beautiful when they simply remain themselves".

I warmly recommend this book to all people who love art, photography, and the human race.

This is Sturges' greatest work, and not least because it completes the catalogue of his friends and their families. Flawlessly printed from 8X10 contact silver gelatin prints, this shows the other pictures of the subjects we felt like we knew from the previous two books,often running us through 5 or 10 years of a model's life in as many pages. This work is important, because hiding something away empowers it- in a society where nudity between ages 6 and 18 is considered somehow wrong, it is no wonder we have so many perverts. Take away the thrill of the forbidden, and just enjoy the peaceful, respectful portraits in this 200 page retrospective. Their bodies are not the problem- your mind is.