Snap poll: Photographer takes artistic look at UK election
The Peninsula
Belfast: Her brief: criss cross the United Kingdom and make a politically and geographically balanced piece of art about its general election campaign...
Belfast: Her brief: criss-cross the United Kingdom and make a politically and geographically-balanced piece of art about its general election campaign.
English photographer Joanne Coates has spent the last few weeks tailing politicians out canvassing, observing rallies, stump speeches and hustings, and chatting to community groups and voters on streets.
As well as collecting video clips and sound memos, the self-described "working-class visual artist" has captured snapshots of her travels on an 1960s Rolleiflex film camera given to her by her grandfather, which you have to look down into.
"It's small, quiet, and allows for intimate moments with people. People kind of naturally relax in front of it," she told AFP in Belfast, her latest stop on a dizzying tour of all corners of the UK.
"I search for little poetic moments, in-between spaces that speak of something deeper about what's happening in a place," she said, eyes constantly looking around for revealing subjects.