{"id":395,"date":"2020-08-31T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dev.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/?page_id=395"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:32:06","slug":"who-we-were","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/who-we-were\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we were"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As an adherent to the democratisation of photography in the late 1950 and 1960s, Alex shot images of ordinary people doing everyday things. One of his strengths is the ability to capture a moment in time, whether it&#8217;s through a face in the street or a publicity shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Alex-Coupar-Murraygate-1948-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Alex-Coupar-Murraygate-1948-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Alex-Coupar-Murraygate-1948.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex&#8217;s first job was with the dispatch department at DC Thomson, 1948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-400 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Mannequin-parade-DM-Browns-1957-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Mannequin-parade-DM-Browns-1957-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Mannequin-parade-DM-Browns-1957.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mannequin parade, 1957. Alex did a lot of advertising shoots for local companies, including department store, DM Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-401 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Salvation-Army-Band-Dundee-c1970-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Salvation-Army-Band-Dundee-c1970-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Salvation-Army-Band-Dundee-c1970.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christmas wouldn&#8217;t be the same without the Salvation Army Band playing in the Murraygate, c1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-403 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Swanny-Ponds-Dundee-1960s-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Swanny-Ponds-Dundee-1960s-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Swanny-Ponds-Dundee-1960s.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swanny Ponds, Dundee, 1960s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-404 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woman-in-Ward-Road-Reading-Room-1960s-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woman-in-Ward-Road-Reading-Room-1960s-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woman-in-Ward-Road-Reading-Room-1960s.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woman in Ward Road Reading Room, 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-407 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woollen-Mill-bikini-fashion-shoot-nd-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woollen-Mill-bikini-fashion-shoot-nd-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Woollen-Mill-bikini-fashion-shoot-nd.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taken on West Sands, this shoot was to advertise knitted bikinis for St Andrew&#8217;s Woollen Mill, 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-408 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Young-romantics-at-DM-Browns-1950s-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Young-romantics-at-DM-Browns-1950s-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/Young-romantics-at-DM-Browns-1950s.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young romantics? 1950s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some images dating from mid-1966 and earlier are potentially copyright of DC Thomson &amp; Co Ltd where Alex was employed as a staff photographer.\u00a0All other images are copyright of Alex Coupar.\u00a0Audio is copyright University of Dundee Archive Services. Nothing to be reproduced without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an adherent to the democratisation of photography in the late 1950 and 1960s, Alex shot images of ordinary people doing everyday things. One of his strengths is the ability to capture a moment in time, whether it&#8217;s through a face in the street or a publicity shot. 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