Thomas Joshua Cooper

Thomas Joshua Cooper takes photos using an 10x8 large format camera."I hate the words "snap", "shoot" and "take" when it comes to making photographs. Everything I do is very seriously built up. They are 'made' pictures." He researches the location before he visits so he knows exactly his schedule for his shoot. These photos were taken with a negative camera and shows various textures and depth. I like the way Cooper incorporates the sea and rock face where the sea acts almost like a mirror. The research he claims to do previously seems to pay off as the images have a real depth and integrity.