Joanne Coates is an English documentary photographer and artist whose work on rural life, class and low-income inequality uses photography, installation and sound. Born in North Yorkshire, she studied photography at the London College of Communication and still works as a farm labourer. She won the Jerwood/Photoworks Award in 2022 and was UK Parliament’s Election Artist in 2024. Her Cornish Gold project came from a year-long residency at Kestle Barton, recording the flower farmers and pickers of the Lizard Peninsula.
Joanne Coates
Documentary photographer of rural life, class and farm work
Where to see their work
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Joanne Coates: Cornish Gold, Custodians of the Soil, Kestle Barton, Helston
Until 31 October
Further reading: Wikipedia