Justin Cook

Justin Cook is a photographer because he believes that relationships foster a deliberate life. Relationships are the core of intimate storytelling. 
He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1983, but he’s really from here and there and nowhere in particular. As a child he and his identical twin moved frequently around the American south and midwest and, as a result, he had to learn how to make new friends easily. He’s good at talking with strangers and connecting with new people. 

After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications, he cut his teeth at newspapers in Tampa Florida, Flint Michigan and the Virginia mountains. Today he lives in Durham, North Carolina, a scrappy city he fell in love with while in college. 

Justin documents issues that shape the American experience, and works with editorial and commercial clients, locally and nationally. His work has been honored by The Magenta Foundation, Photolucida, POYi, The Society of Professional Journalists, American Photography, and funded by The Puffin Foundation and The Durham Arts Council. If he doesn't have a near impossible task to tackle he's bound to lose his mind. Otherwise, you can find him reading about astrophysics, writing in the first person.