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I was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute when Jock was

there, busy trying to stir up controversy with his images of young

people in nudist camps. Feminists were very offended and

upset, you should have heard the name-calling! This was years

before he was prosocuted and received a lot of press. What I

saw in his work was always provocative but seldom very

interesting beyond the depth of the skin of his subjects.

What I saw was a photographer dragging around his 8x10

camera and asking his subjects to pose in the brightest light

available which caused their eyes to squint and other signs of

discomfort on their faces. They appeared comfortable with their

nudity but uncomfortable with the photo session! My conclusion:

If the people were fully clothed, Jock would appear very

amateurish in his photographic approach.