{"id":619,"date":"2026-03-16T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/?page_id=619"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:04:54","slug":"coupars-camera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Coupar&#8217;s Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Alex Coupar has worked as a photographer since 1955, capturing moments in the lives of people in Dundee and across Scotland, recording the places and events that reflect our history and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This retrospective highlights his work, now held by University of Dundee Archive Services.<\/p>\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.&nbsp; All other images are copyright of Alex Coupar.&nbsp; Audio is copyright University of Dundee Archive Services. Nothing to be reproduced without permission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex starts his career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/08\/starting-work.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex tells how he came to be a photographer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex&#8217;s first camera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/09\/Alexs-first-camera.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex talks about the first camera he had<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spanphoto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/09\/spanhoto.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex tells how Spanphoto got started<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alex&#8217;s favourite picture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/09\/QM-shot.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alex describes his favourite picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dundee through the lens of photographer Alex Coupar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-619","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}