DEEP: A Photo-Essay by Clement Cooper |
DEEP: A Photo-Essay by Clement Cooper
DEEP explores the contentious issue surrounding British Mixed-Race identity through image & oral testimony.
From 1992 to 1997, Clement Cooper journeyed to and lived in several port cities throughout the UK. Locations where: Toxteth, Liverpool, St Paul’s, Bristol; Butetown, Cardiff & Manchester.
Using available natural light and shooting for the first time on medium format, Clement Cooper explored the possibilities of portraiture to reveal a powerful and deeply moving monograph—the very first of it’s kind. From a personal perspective, Clement Cooper was particularly keen to emphasize that behind all notions, concepts and constructs of racial stereotyping there lies one fact. That there is no such thing as a “race”, there is only the human race. DEEP celebrates this undeniable truth by revealing the common humanity of all those photographed explicitly.
A humanity that unites us all regardless.
View the photo-essay here.
Tags: Clement Cooper, photography