William Coupon
William Coupon (born December 3, 1952, in New York City) is an American photographer, known principally for his formal painterly backdrop portraits of tribal people, politicians and celebrities.
William Coupon was born in New York City, but moved to Washington, D.C., and later to San Francisco. He attended
Tarahumara. These were titled his “Social Studies” series. He was invited to photograph the world’s tribal leaders during the Earth Summit in May 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His most current work embraces the digital medium, in places like Cuba, Venezuela
and in his native America, which is more candid, but still formalistic in approach.
The portrait style is up-close and painterly, with very warm earth tones against a mottled canvas. The style is usually medium-shot and classically lit using medium format cameras, referencing the Dutch painting masters such as
Time Magazine, Yasser Arafat, George Harrison, Willy DeVille, Mick Jagger, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Miles Davis
.
Coupon was featured in the Visual Collaborative Polaris catalog, under the Supernova series for humanities, he was interviewed alongside people such as; Nse Ikpe-Etim, Xárene Eskandar and Nere Teriba.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Nse Ikpe-Etim, Nere Teriba and William Coupon in latest Visual Collaborative SDG publication". Guardian Arts. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Onyekwelu, Stephen (4 December 2019). "LIFE & ARTS Nse Ikpe-Etim, William Coupon, others drive creative sector SDG". Business Day. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Hager, Steven, "Art After Midnight, The East Village Scene", New York, St. Martin's Press, 1986
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