Photo Walk: Photographing Urban Trees

This photowalk, led by photographer Peter Coles, will involve exploring a London forest space. Participants will learn about the history and ecology of the area, and working in pairs, will identify and photograph trees in the space, in relation to researching ideas around contemporary local ecologies. This session will be taught in two parts, firstly in-person as a walk, and secondly, as an online feedback session. This will give participants enough time to process and edit their films for group discussion and tutor feedback.

About the tutor

Peter Coles is a photographer and urban ecologist specialise in photographing trees. He was formerly a Visiting Tutor at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London, where he contributed to the Photography and Urban Cultures MA programme.  Mulberry, Peter’s latest book, is published by Reaktion Books (November 2019). In 2018 Peter helped to set up the first Urban Tree Festival.  He is a member of the festival’s Steering Group and a regular contributor, giving talks and leading walks.

Peter originally studied psychology, with an MA from Manchester University and a D.Phil from Oxford University (Wolfson College). After a period carrying out research, he switched to science writing for Nature magazine, based in Paris and continued as a freelance, writing for New Scientist and Science, before taking an editorial position with UNESCO. After living in Paris for 20 years Peter returned to London, where he lives with his wife and three children. He is a long-standing translator for the English edition of the  UNESCO Courier, and an editorial consultant for Gopa.com which handles content for the European Commission. Peter’s photography has been exhibited in a number of cities and is in public and private collections.

To see examples of Peter’s work, please visit: https://petecoles.me/

For further information, please contact: info@urbananalogue.com