People's Stories

People's Stories is a body of work showing the actions and interactions of people around the world. I work to capture people doing the ordinary, extraordinary, and inspired. People's Stories includes candid images captured in real time as the event happens, staged scenes telling real people's stories, and fictive stories.

Chinese Factory Worker
Chinese Factory Worker
I was with a group in the small town in tne Chinese countryside with several other photographers. This gentlemen was sitting under a broken shade cover taking a break and we all snapped a shot of him as we walked by. He was less than intertested and it showed in the photograph. I quickly printed a Polaroid Pogo print and handed it to him. He smiled and looked away until he realized it was a phot of him. He looked up at me with that quizical smile.

Stephen Cook