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Matt Cooke (Photographer) (Born 1966), British Born Photographer and Educator.

Matthew 'Matt' Cooke (born 1966, in Birmingham, England) is a British freelance photographer servicing UK and International Advertising, Design and Media agencies, specialising in Automotive, Portrait and lifestyle imagery. He has extensively taught photography in South West London, and East London before moving to the Essex Coast where he now lectures at Norwich University of Art.[1][2]

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* 1 Early life * 2 Career * 3 Recommendations

Early life Matt Cooke, is the youngest of five children born to Captain William L Cooke (1919- 2004) of the Royal Warwickshire regiment, and Margaret J Cooke neé Reeve (1923- 1981). He grew up in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, before moving to Yoxall, Staffordshire in 1976.

Education: 1971-1976 Boldmere Primary School Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands 1976-1977 St Peters School, Yoxall, Staffs. 1977-1983 John Taylor High School, Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffs. 1983-1985 Stafford College of Art, Stafford. 1985-1987 Bournemouth and Poole College of Art & Design, Bournemouth, Dorset. 2010- 2011Colchester Institute, Colchester, Essex. 2011- 2014 Middlesex University, London.

Cooke began his freelance photographic career working for automotive magazines such as Fast Lane (First published Fast Lane, September Issue 1987), What Car? and Performance Car.

Career During the early part of his career Cooke assisted a number of well established photographers including Etienne Bol, Nick Walker, Tim Gummer, Steve Hoskins, Paul Bussel, John Timbers, and Colin Gray.

Building up an impressive client list that includes Corporate and Advertising clients such as: British American Tobacco, Chivas Brothers, DfEE, The Samaritans, NSPCC, BT, Royal Mail, Sony Music Corporation, Unilever, Virgin Mobile, RBS, Prudential, Telewest, Saatchi & Saatchi, Burnett Works, Coley Porter Bell, Start Creative, Wolff Olins, Uffindel West. Media clients include: Haymarket Media Group, IPC, Reed, Redwood, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Observer, Royal Society of Arts Journal, New Scientist, Aston Martin, Bentley, and Ford customer magazines.

In 1992 Cooke joined the Photographic Lecturing team at Wandsworth Adult College, South West London alongside Kim Furrokh (Course Leader for BA (Hons) Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, School of Art & Design, Faculty of Media, Arts & Technology, University of Gloucestershire), where he remained until 2000; before following Furrokh to Barking College in 2003.

In October 2009, Cooke was selected to join the BA lecturing team alongside course leader Duncan Wooldridge (MA RCA) at Colchester Institute. In 2011 he gained a PGCE from Colchester Institute awarded by Essex University. In October of 2011 he embarked on a Masters Degree at Middlesex University (due to graduate in the summer of 201. Matt continues to work extensively with the Art and Design curriculum, currently lecturing on the BA programme at Norwich University of the Arts.

Corporate and Advertising clients include: British American Tobacco, Chivas Brothers, DfEE, The Samaritans, NSPCC, BT, Royal Mail, Sony Music Corporation, Unilever, Virgin Group, RBS, Prudential, Telewest, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey, Euro RSCG, Burnett Works, Coley Porter Bell, Design House, Foxtrot Hotel, Harrison Fraser, Pauffley PRL, Start JG, Engine Group, Webb deVlam and Wolff Olins

Media clients include: Guardian Media Group, Haymarket Media Group, IPC, John Brown Publishing, Newscorp, Reed, Redwood, Royal Society of Arts, Aston Martin client magazine, Bentley client magazine

Publications: Works published from 1987 to 2013: What Car, Fast Lane, Performance Car, Top Gear, Nursing Times, Country Homes and Interiors, The Builder Magazine, Blueprint Magazine, New Scientist, RSA Journal, HR magazine, Management Today, PR Week, GQ, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, The Observer Sunday Magazine, Sunday Mirror Magazine

Exhibitions: 31 January 2012 – 11 February 2012: ‘MA Middlesex- past, present, future’, Underground Gallery, London. Group show of Middlesex MA Students, past, present and future exploring various approaches to the photograph as document in contemporary practice. Selected images also by: Steven Barritt, John McCafferty, William Gillingham-Sutton, Sarah Davies, Stuart Harper

May 2011 – June 2011: ‘Looking for the photograph’, The Minories Gallery, Colchester, Essex. Group show exploring various approaches to the photograph and its context in contemporary art and practice. Works exhibited- Twelve. Selected works also by Duncan Wooldridge, Virginie Litzler, Emma Hunt and Chris Matthews. (Cat.) Essay Dr Matthew Bowman December 2000 – January 2001: ‘Car Kulture’, Old Allard Factory, Clapham, London SW4. Group show exploring various approaches to the use and appropriation of car kulture (sic) and automotive art in contemporary multi-disciplinary practice. Works exhibited- Six. Additional participating Artists included; Conrad Leach, Karen Balme, Paul Barrow, Dean Micetich, Julian Balme, Richard Heeps, Jacqueline Davies, Simon Watts

Other Forms of Public Output: Packaging, Advertising and Design imagery for brands including: BT, Virgin Media, Virgin Mobile, NHS, Pernod Ricard group, BAT, Ford, Aston Martin, Royal Mail, Nestlé, Walkers/Pepsi Cola Advertising campaigns created for: Invesco Perpetual, Appletiser, Chivas Regal RS38, NHS, Samaritans, Macmillan Cancer Relief, Barnardos, NSPCC, Chase Hospice for life limited children Various annual reports: GE Group, 3i, Prudential Venture Managers, BAT, Chase Hospice, Corus. Various Book dust jackets- Academic, Novels, Biographies, and Autobiographies. Publishers include, Hodder Headline, Routledge, Quercus, Orion, Two associates. Various record/cd covers

Research Grants November 2011: Lucke Hille bursary for photographic excellence. 2011-2012

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1. ^ Cooke, Matt http://www.mattcooke.co.uk. 2. ^ Creative Handbook http://www.chb.com/listings/work/view/image/4543/357 3. ^ Referrals and Recommendations http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top