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stryd uchel [ 2016 ]

steve coel



Dirty Smoke

by 

steve coel



where have all the people gone?


urban walking, street talking...dialling into what exactly?

some kind of vibe and as with any vibe you get good ones and you 

get bad ones.


too many loners stand by walls and on street corners.

so where have all the people gone when you’re still surrounded by 

life?


there is both a natural and man-made silence. sounds that climax 

and bounce around boundaries we place inside our communities.




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machine and tool, cloth and flesh, shade and light.

suspicion etched into the shapes we make as we move around.


you see maybe 2 or 3 sleeping bags every day.

grey tracksuits, old trainers, cheap smart haircuts, green skin.


smell the pizza, dirty smoke, diesel.

it ain’t anger, it really isn’t.

it’s some kind of passive thing that’s going on here; roll 

over, walk on by, eyes to the floor people.. eyes to the floor.



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steve coel



but you know deep down, deep down, people are burning up.

life’s too short.





stryd fawr [ 2016 ]

steve coel


because the thing is; honesty and truth don’t always go together.


Stryd Fawr / Stryd Uchel project [ 2016 ]

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stryd fawr [ 2016 ]

steve coel


stryd fawr [ 2016 ]

steve coel



several pictures from the stryd fawr / stryd uchel project [ 2016 ] 

are currently being shown at ingot studios, birmingham.


the selection process has started very early and looks like lasting 

a long time. 

not really a bad thing i suspect.


steve coel

Stryd Fawr / Stryd Uchel Project [ 2016 ]


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Stryd Uchel

steve coel



Stryd Uchel

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Stryd Uchel

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pictures created the same day.

shame is; it could be any day.


recently busy.

now, desolate. completely empty.


steve coel.

Stryd Fawr / Stryd Uchel Project [ 2016 ]


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' lle wedi holl bobl wedi mynd?'
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Stryd Fawr / Stryd Uchel

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Stryd Fawr

steve coel

surrounded by life.

[ but ] where have all the people gone?

i can hear the fizz of traffic, but the streets are empty.

[ so ] where have all the people gone?


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Stryd Fawr

steve coel

shop doors are either open or nailed up.

factories shut, derelict; demolished homes.

where have all the people gone?


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Stryd Fawr

steve coel

there is still a school, a library and a community centre.

[ but ] where have all the people gone?

steve coel


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Documentary Fiction Photography - An 11.59 Publication



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the camera is not a shield



steve coel is currently preparing for an extended 

Documentary Fiction Photography project in 2016. 

Pictures made in 2015 may be used either in the 

Stryd Fawr / Stryd Uchel Project [ 2016 ] or in future 

projects by An 11.59 Publications.


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Stryd Uchel [ 2015 ]

steve coel




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Stryd Fawr [ 2015 ]

steve coel



An 11.59 Publication will continue, throughout 2016, to show 

current and recent Documentary Fiction Photography from steve coel.



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