DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY - New York City 2007
- New York City 2007
Documentary Street Photography - Black and white documentary photography from New York, the City of Kings and Paupers. A series of landscape and portrait photography from the Summer 2007. Photography by Drew Cox
Description
Black and white documentary photography from New York, the City of Kings and Paupers. A series of landscape and portrait photography from the Summer 2007. Photography by Drew Cox
Fields
Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism
Date
2011
Other Projects
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DOCUMENTARY FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY - 'BUILD YOURSELF'
'BUILD YOURSELF' : Open Source Ecology - Factory E Farm, Missouri, USA. Aug 2012.
I recently spent three weeks in the USA documenting an organization called Open Source Ecology for a film competition set up by Sundance Festival, called Focus Forward. The brief was to create a 3 minute documentary based on a person, idea, place or concept that is changing the world for the future.
OSE was set up by Marcin Jakubowski in Missouri, USA. His ideas, philosophy and hands on building of of the Global Village Construction Set (50 most crucial machines for building a new modern civilization, free of privatized industrial constraints and capitalistic ideals) is aiming to change the way we live, work and communicate in our future world. He has already built and shared the designs for his own life tractor, CEB earth brick press, dimensional saw mill, power cube and trencher. sharing all designs and instructions online for free for anybody anywhere in the world to share and adopt. He was invited by TED talks to speak at their conference on how OSE hope to change not only the face of industry but also the way people live, work and socialize within their own communities.
Building sustainable open source communities, free to share knowledge, ideas, practice, and visions of a future free of the constraints of 'economic scarcity'.
Above is the film we made, which is currently in the semi final stages of the film competition. Please check it out, share and vote for the film on Vimeo.
Along the way I also managed to capture some photography stills which I have included below. many thanks for letting me be apart of this inspiring project.
'BUILD YOURSELF'
Director / Producer / Editor - Tristan Copley Smith
Director of Photography / Effects Editor - Drew Cox
Music Composer - Nicolas Singer
Animation - Robert Wallace
Sound Editor - Michele Caruso
Featuring - Marcin Jakubowski, Zach Dwiel
Special Thanks - Aaron Makaruk, Aaiden Williamson, Gabrielle LaBlanc, Graham Robertson, Yoonseo Kang, Parker Bonnell 2012 Film, Photography, Photojournalism -
PHOTOGRAPHY - EA BURNS 2012 METALLIC COLLECTION
Photography by Drew Cox of EA Burns 2012 Jewelry collection.
2012 Fashion Styling, Photography, Product Design -
PHOTOJOURNALISM Occupy London
Photography for London Confidential article, 'Scarce Living' about people finding alternate ways to live within London's 'inaccessible' empty buildings.
2012
Photojournalism, Photography, Editorial Design
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PHOTOJOURNALISM Flight 1.0 - Tricking
Trickers putting on a display of aerial artistry, defying the laws of gravity and human movement. Basingstoke. 2012
So what is tricking? Tricking is the informal name of a type of acrobatics derived from martial arts that includes techniques found in gymnastics, b-boying, and similar disciplines. Tricking differs from other similar artforms or street sports, in that expression and exploration are more heavily favored. These photos hope to capture the raw beauty and weightlessness experienced within the fast paced movements of the jumps, flips, kicks and twists.
Photography by Drew Cox 2012 Photography, Photojournalism, Visual Arts -
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY Levi's & Primal Scream
Levi's launched its latest installment in the Craft of Music live event series. This unique fan-curated event will be headlined by Primal Scream, one of music's genuine legends. On 10th November 2011, at the newly launched Electric Brixton, Primal Scream will play an intimate gig comprised of some of their best tracks of the last 20 years ' as selected by the fans.
With the Stone Roses' reunion imminent, Primal Scream's bass player Mani will be returning to his first band. The Levi's Craft Of Music gig at Electric Brixton will be one of the last chances to see Primal Scream live for the foreseeable future.
Photography by Drew Cox 2011 Photography, Photojournalism -
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY Meet the Parents
Photography image exploring the escalating problem of gun and knife crime in the UK and the growing number of single parent family households created as a direct result of these crimes. Wake up to the Consequence.
Six shots into his kin, out of the gun
Niggas be a father, you killin your son
SIx shots into his kin, out of the gun
Niggas be a father, you killin your sons.
Jay Z - Meet the Parents
Photography by Drew Cox. 2011 2011 Photography, Photojournalism, Visual Arts -
PHOTOGRAPHIC SCULPTURE Totem Pole - High Price to Pay
Large Photographic Totem Pole Mask Sculpture by Drew Cox. Created from human limbs, African masks,skeletons,animals,feathers, dreadlocks,insects and jewelry. The image plays with ideas of size, perspective and collage, creating multiple images. The image was created as a 10m high photographic sculpture intended for exhibition on the exterior wall of an undisclosed Tower Block building in London. 2011.
www.drewcox.co.uk 2011 Visual Arts, Photography, Graffiti -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Mrs Jones Collection 2010
Photography for iconic fashion designer Mrs Jones 2010 S/S collection.
Mrs Jones has created work for the likes of Madonna, Kylie Minogue, The Killers, Goldfrapp, Bassment Jaxx, Florence and the Machine, Addidas, Fred Perry and a host of other influential and iconic artists and brands.
The shoot was to showcase her latest collection inspired by her influences of Gypsy, African, Circus Chic.
www.mrsj.co.uk 2011 Fashion, Photography, Design -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Dior - Gendersphere
Portrait Agenda.
Test Imagery for Christian Dior Campaign based around androgyny in fashion and shifting race and gender lines in visual advertising.
When you die,
you meet the old hag,
and she eats your scars.
If you have no scars,
then she eats your eyeballs,
and you're blind in the next life.
- Carved on a bus bench in Hawthorne, USA.
Photography & Direction - Drew Cox
Styling - Lucy Barber
Hair - Fumi Noyose
Make up - Kaori Mitsuyasu
Models - Cosmic Models. 2011 Fashion, Photography, Advertising -
CORPORATE PHOTOGRAPHY The Natural History Museum
Photography and projection project for The Natural History Museum. I was aksed to photograph the launch of new OPAL Water campaign for The Natural History Museum, using projections of different water creatures crawling around the station.
The sunset was perfect and the projection power intense. I Love how colourful the photographs turned out and what an iconic monument to be allowed to use as a photographic canvas. Loved it. 2011 Photography, Projections, Installation Design -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Domicile - Street Portraiture
Documentary styled fashion shoot based on the East London traveller street portraiture of the 1970's.
Photography by Drew Cox
Styling by Lucy Barber 2011 Photography, Fashion, Visual Arts -
DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY Yunus & Eliza - Sculpture to be Worn
Photography of the outstanding sculpture jewelry by Yunus & Eliza. An extremely talented and humble pair, they bring a real sense of flair and artistic design to their creations and were awarded The BFC & ELLE TALENT LAUNCH PAD design award in 2010. I cant wait to see what the future brings for these guys.
2011
Photography, Jewelry Design, Visual Arts
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EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Molotov Jukebox - Brazilian Vogue
Editorial photography for the band Molotov Jukebox. Created for Brazilian Vogue March 2011 issue.
2011
Photography, Fashion, Editorial Design
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PHOTOGRAPHY 'Dreadboy'
'Dreadboy'
Photography by Drew Cox
London (2009) 2013 Photography, Photojournalism -
EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Furousha - Ghosts of Tokyo
Homeless stories from Tokyo. By Drew Cox. 2009.
The area of Sanya, located in the Taito ward of Tokyo, is home to one of the largest populations of homeless people or 'Furousha' in the city of Tokyo. Throughout Tokyo's history, the area now called Sanya, located in the east of Tokyo was a no go area, and during the Edo period was where prisoners were sent to be executed. The modern Sanya was created after World War II, when Tokyo's homeless were sheltered there in the ever growing number of blue refuge tents. The area is now a eclectic, bustling network of local faces, artists, travelers, hippies and those people that do not want to been found.
Many wondering souls roam the quiet rustic streets. Outcast and neglected from society, many of these individuals have found refuge in many areas around the parks and train stations of the city, but seem primarily to have found solice and some sense of community in this unique oasis of Tokyo. Where many of them, previous day laborers, came to seek work. Government estimates put the total number of people sleeping on the streets at well over 300 people every night, just in the Sanya area.
The one strip of road, running near Minami Senju train station, is completely over run with people sleeping rough, primarily men but also a few women. Often a couple hundred people gather under the shelter of the old arcade shopping strip, overlooked by a constant police presence.
Most of the people I met, were all very friendly, hospitable and accommodating, but had given up an existence within formal society, for whatever their individual reasons. Alcohol abuse is high and mental illness and sickness seem to be a large problem due to their choice of lifestyle.
There are a few organizations providing support, primarily government subsidiaries, NGO's, local christian aids and charities who periodically provide soup kitchens, hand out blankets and clothing and try their best to cope with the ever increasing number of people fleeing to the streets.
The problem is a largely neglected issue in Japan which just seems to be completely overlooked by the government and swept beneath the ever growing blanket of the current recession. 2011 Photojournalism, Photography, Documentary -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY EA Burns Design
Photography by Drew Cox for Fashion and Jewelery Designer EA Burns.
2011
Fashion, Photography, Jewelry Design
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DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY - Wallacedene Informal Housing
Documentary project on some of the people I met in Wallacedean, in Cape Town, South Africa. Drugs, guns and crime are extremely rife in this area and gang mentality plays an important part in how you learn to survive. At whatever cost? But there are many different types of gangs and not all of them are about killing and murder. There are so many stories of people just trying to make a path for themselves and their families out of their hardships.
I met Judah, piercing blue eyes and the locks of an Egyprian Pharoah. He had lived in Wallacedean all his life and had built his own music studio, out of corregated iron and wood, out the back of his friends house. He spoke about a real inspirational sense of music providing the key to escaping his surroundings and taking him to where ever his heart desired. I really respect this mentality and the raw passion that all the people that I met in this area put into their respective crafts and ways of life, whether it be music, cars, drugs, clothes, whatever. These guys wear their hearts on their sleeves...
Its not about where you are born its about how you carry yourself and respect your family. 2011 Photography, Photojournalism, Documentary -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Elnaz Niknani Designer
Photography for fashion designer Elnaz Niknani. Shot on location at the artist, Andrew Logan's studio in London.
2011
Fashion, Photography, Design
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DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY Travellers of the Transkei
A series of photographs exploring the solitude of the former homelands of the South African apartheid government.
The forgotten shadows of the homelands of the former Transkei area in Southern Africa. An untouched rawness of an bygone era in a new South Africa. 2011 Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism -
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY - Japan 09/10
Documentary photography from the three months I spent in Japan in 2009/2010. The images weave a complex form of colour, shape, space and people as we travelled and met people from all over the country.
2011
Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism
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DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY Dalston Rising
A photographic documentation of the people and life of Ridley Road market at the heart of Dalston, East London.
The area is home to a melting pot of diverse cultures and characters who make up the idiosyncratic nature and feel of the area.
The photographs were shot as a non invasive look at the diversity of people and cultures as they wander around the market going about their daily lives.
Using a hidden camera and fish eye lens the photos were meant to capture the reality of the moment without provoking a response to the camera. Showing people at their most raw and uninhibited states. 2011 Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism -
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY - The House of Alice
Fashion shoot conceptually referencing the 1970's classic film Dont Look Now, where an unsuspecting couple have to cope with the re-occuring ghosts of their youngest daughter, after she drowns in the pond at the bottom of their garden.
The shoot was styled by Alice Herring and modelled by Lucy Barber. Photography by Drew Cox. 2011 Fashion, Photography, Visual Arts