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Monochromist3/16/2023 Coulthurst shot candidly on the streets of Manchester and Salford in the last 20 years of the 19 th I was looking at his photos of people, all long since dead and gone and I was amazed that somehow he had kept them alive with his camers. But definitely the moment where I knew I wanted to take photographs was after seeing and exhibition of photographs by Manchester photographer Samuel Coulthurst. Also being a musician I had access to musicians and I was photographing the Manchester scene, Noel Gallagher, Happy Mondays and many more that can be seen on my website. I got a camera and started taking photos in Manchester that I hoped would become the photos that people looked at in say 50 years. And I’m a musician and I always liked to look at photos of bands like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dylan and so on. I always enjoyed looking at those books Your Town 100 years Ago. I came to photography through my interest in cultural and social history. I didn’t really have any desire to become a photographer and it actually happened to me late in my life, like 7 years ago. His embodiment to frame the personalities of each city he visits places him firmly at the top of the UK’s list of street lifestyle and people photographers. I love to work in the backstreet of Picadilly and David has clearly capitalised on its uniqueness for not only architecture but the cities original individuality and personality which sets it aside from almost all others. His main passion is Manchester and I can agree that this is a gritty city and offers a photographer many shooting opportunities with its fabulous backstreets which as yet have not been dealt the developer blows of ruination. Manchester photographer David Gleave has a succinct style, with monochromatic interpretations of people around various cities. I have even tried a few myself on the iPhone but it was whilst researching that I happened across some Twitter posts of an English Photographer from North West of England. Having featured the photographer Kieron in my very first interview, my eye has been significantly redirected towards the genre of street photography.
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