Chris Coekin 23rd
April 2013
Chris Coekin is a documentary photographer who is well known
for his creative 35mm and medium format images that have documented his own
life and various parts of English through 1996 – 2013. He uses people often
within his imagery and each photograph often has a narrative and story behind
them whether that speak for itself or whether it is a story that Coekin has to
speak about himself which would explain why he took that image and what dew him
to that individual. He spoke about numerous projects that he has successfully
produced; I am going to explain a little about each of them..
‘Blind Vision’
-Medium or large format
-Domestic environment
-Portrait
-Dog always looking into the camera yet people wont
-Brail at exhibition to involve viewers.
‘Peaceline’
-Black and white images
-Traditional (focuses on lines)
-Leading lines, shapes
-Streets, buildings and evidence of human presence
-Signs of activity and signs of life
‘Knock three times’
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Medium Format 6x6
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Working men’s clubs
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Ties in with his family history
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Looks at how society has changed and clubs are
being more unpopular
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Working class life
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Image at the beginning and end ties project and
book together
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Work is about the people not about the situation
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Mixture of portraiture and still life
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He also spent 5 years on this project and
building relationships with subjects.
‘The hitcher”
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A journey around the uk
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Hitch hiking and living as a rough sleeper,
documents journey and people he met
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Inspired by Bob Dylan, books he read and the
film the hitcher
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Ticket to open road
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The good Samaritans
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Object he had as company whilst being alone and
waiting
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Landscapes that go unnoticed
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Portraits of drivers
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