{"id":53,"date":"2020-08-21T17:37:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T16:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dev.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:19:19","slug":"our-working-lives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/our-working-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Our working lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Throughout his career, Alex has always photographed portraits of people, be they for an advertising shoot, to record a new official in their robes, or simply to capture an interesting face. As part of a series for the People’s Journal, Alex photographed people at their occupations, a subject he often returned to when he became a freelance photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr Tommy Herd inspects a finished hackle at Wm Stewart & Sons., 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Miner of Rothes Pit, Fife, 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sid Walker, potter in Montrose, 1958<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘Onion Johnny’, on the Forfar Road, c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Loch Awe power station builder c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jeweller working on a piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John Dick, Tawsemaker, Lochgelly, c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mr William Duncan, maker of reproduction furniture in his workshop at St Monance polishing and staining a reproduction Chippendale “gossip” or “nursing” chair’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Basket maker, St Monance, c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blacksmith at Dairsie, c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Line fishing preparation at Gourdon, 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Weaver, Constable Works, Dundee, 1972<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Staff with patient, Ninewells, 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Farmer and flock, Angus, 1980s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some images dating from mid-1966 and earlier are potentially copyright of DC Thomson & 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":"

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