A Photo Editor – Jock Sturges In The Internet Age

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Jock Sturges In The Internet Age – A Photo Editor

This guest post is written by Elizabeth Fleming. Last month I had the pleasure of joining friend and fellow photographer Jonathan Blaustein on a tour of the Chelsea gallery scene as he conducted research for an APE article, which can be read in its entire

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/12/29/jock-sturges/

So with all that in mind I’ll throw out the following question: is it fair to expect any artist to recontextualize his or her work if the original frames of reference have changed due to technological advances and/or societal shifts? Is it fair to take into account an artist’s persona in general and, if there is a model involved, the specificities of the artist/subject relationship?