Oliver Cook
Black and white photograph of a woman lying on striped bedding

Photography

Oliver Cook

Glamour, swimwear, and portrait photography in natural light and black and white — quiet, tactile, and sensuous, with the grain and the imperfection left in.

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Woman in a swimsuit beside the roll cage of an open-top carDark-haired woman seated in a dark studio, black and whiteDark-haired woman lying on striped bedding in black and whiteBlonde woman in a leotard at a window, black and white

I started taking photographs as references for drawings around 2005. The camera stayed — and gradually the pictures became the point: fleeting moments of approachable beauty, caught before they vanish.

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