JUSTIN COOPER
Australian-born Justin Cooper has been shooting fashion and beauty professionally for a decade. Known for alluring and engaging beauty images, Cooper’s personal work is an exploration of the face as a portal that resonates the inner condition.
His work serves as an inquiry, rather than a statement. Because fashion photography is a representation of desire, it reflects movements in popular culture. Cooper often balances this focus on modernity by punctuating his images with references to the past.“I prefer the sitter to be passive to the camera, or caught in its gaze.” Using the face as a tool for narration allows Cooper to probe, and authenticate, notions of beauty and to transform the editorial sphere into a medium for commentary.
Cooper studied art and commercial photography at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and later at the College Of Fine Art - Sydney. His images feature regularly in publications throughout Europe and Australia, with commissions including a 50-page editorial spread for Harper’s Bazaar.Cooper’s work has taken him from Sydney to Hong Kong, New York, London and Paris, where he is now based.
Justin Cooper is now exclusively represented by YYO Artist Management in China.
澳大利亚籍摄影师Justin Cooper拍摄专业的时尚与美容已经长达十年之久，从这些有着诱惑力的图片中我们可以看到，Cooper的个人作品始终是一种作为探索内心世界的入口。他的作品更多的是探索，而不仅仅是陈述。因为摄影作品通常都是一种思想的表达，并以流行文化的形式表现出来。Cooper经常将过去的一些素材添加到表现现代感的作品中，以寻求一种平衡。 “我更喜欢模特自然地面对照相机，以捕捉那种神情。”将面部作为一种叙述的工具， Cooper探索并验证着美的概念，以摄影作为媒介将其传递出去。 Justin Cooper在墨尔本科技学院和悉尼艺术学院先后学习了艺术以及商业摄影，他的作品刊登于在欧洲和澳洲的刊物上，这其中还包括他为Bazaar拍摄的一组50页的大片。 Justin Cooper因为工作从悉尼转战香港、纽约、伦敦，现居住在巴黎。 目前，Justin Cooper中国的工作由优制作独家代理。