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Thomas Joshua Cooper

born 1946

Mythic Stone (Message to E.S. Curtis), Culan, Ayrshire, Scotland - ‘Salt soaked’ 1983
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Biography

Thomas Joshua Cooper (born December 19, 1946) is an American photographer. He is considered among the premier contemporary landscape photographers.

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  • St Ives Bay and the Celtic Sea | The Island, St Ives, Cornwall, Great Britain

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    2001
  • St Ives Bay and the Celtic Sea | Godrevy Point, Cornwall, Great Britain

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    2001
  • The North Atlantic Ocean and the Celtic Sea | St Agnes Head, Cornwall, Great Britain

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    2001
  • South-most Arrival - The English Channel | At the hour of the Total Solar Eclipse, but on the Day Before | Bumble Rock, Lizard Point, Cornwall, Great Britain | The South-most point of mainland Great Britain

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    1999–2001
  • The Swelling of the Sea | Furthest West - The Atlantic Ocean | Point Ardnamurchan, Scotland | The West-most point of mainland Great Britain

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    1990–2001
  • A Premonitional Work (Message to Paul Cezanne and Timothy O’Sullivan), Bibemus Quarry, Aix-en-Provence

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    1995
  • Ritual Object (Message to Donald Judd and Richard Serra), Derbyshire

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    1975
  • Ritual Guardians (Message to Morris Graves), California

    Thomas Joshua Cooper
    1980
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