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Choose Life

Edward Hopper meets Irvine Welsh in this candid street photograph of a pensive young couple outside a cafe in Soho, London. Choose Sausage and the title, Choose Life, refer to a monolgue from Welsh's book and film "Trainspotting" that rails against life's choices and opportunities.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2024

People’s Vote Award

Street

Non Professional

Honorable Mention

Storytelling

Non Professional

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Street

Non Professional

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People

Non Professional

Choose Life

Edward Hopper meets Irvine Welsh in this candid street photograph of a pensive young couple outside a cafe in Soho, London. Choose Sausage and the title, Choose Life, refer to a monolgue from Welsh's book and film "Trainspotting" that rails against life's choices and opportunities.

About Artist

Jeremy C Glover

Jeremy Glover is an international award-winning photographer drawing on his many years experience as an Art Director and Creative Director with global agency McCann. Displaying a deep understanding of light, colour, composition and visual storytelling his work is inspired and influenced by many of the great artists such as Edward Hopper, Saul Leiter, William Eggleston and Vladimir Tretchikoff. His most recent work includes portraits of Mathew Cartlidge (The Molotovs), actor Maria Jose Bavio (Halo 2, Genius) and award winning author Stephanie Yeboah. In 2024 his Hopper inspired “Choose Life” won the 1839 Photographer of the Year People’s Vote Award. And in 2025 his series “Relative Spaces” won Gold in the 1839 Colour Photographer of the Year Award. He is currenty exhibiting his fine art portraiture work in the group show “Humans: brought to life” at The Paxton Centre, London.

Jeremy C Glover

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Minimalism, People, Portrait, Street

Location

United Kingdom

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