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Photos From Moscow Gallery Shuttered Over Child Porn Allegations

Police at the entrance to the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography which has been holding a Jock Sturges exhibition called ''Absence of Shame,'' Sept. 25, 2016. Andrei Makhonin / TASS
Members of the Officers of Russia civic youth organization pictured at the entrance to the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography which has been holding a Jock Sturges exhibition called ''Absence of Shame.'' Andrei Makhonin / TASS
The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography which has been holding a Jock Sturges exhibition called ''Absence of Shame.'' Andrei Makhonin / TASS
Jock Sturges' exhibition called ''Absence of Shame.'' at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. Andrei Makhonin / TASS
The leader of the Officers of Russia civic youth organization and a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Anton Tsvetkov, pictured at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography which has been holding a Jock Sturges exhibition called ''Absence of Shame.'' Andrei Makhonin / TASS
A man visits Jock Sturges' exhibition called ''Absence of Shame'' at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. Andrei Makhonin / TASS

The Moscow exhibition of controversial American photographer Jock Sturges has been closed following protests from conservative activists.

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