Cord AllmanThe Year Book · Vancouver Work with me

The photographic archive / Cord Allman

A little of
everything that mattered.

121 photographs. Across 4 visual chapters. Portraits, live music, shared celebrations and quieter moments along the way. Open an image and stay a while.

Words and a small sun drawn into sand among footprints.
01

Written in the sand

King of the Rise

Details & places
A person extends a wooden-covered, ring-bound book across a counter lit by small coloured lights.
02

The book opens

King of the Rise

Details & places
A child in a blue cap and dinosaur-print top looks down in warm outdoor light.
03

Before the world grows loud

King of the Rise

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Close portrait of a child with blue eyes looking sideways, with warm light falling across the face.
04

A world in a glance

King of the Rise

Portraits
An older bearded man in sunglasses, a dark cap and a blue checked shirt, photographed outdoors.
05

Stories carried quietly

King of the Rise

Portraits
Translucent lace-up boots stand beside a curb scattered with dry leaves.
06

What the road remembers

King of the Rise

Details & places
Two people share a smiling moment at a picnic beside a white basket.
07

A place beside you

King of the Rise

Life & culture
A cropped street portrait showing a dark jacket, gold chain and watch against grey tiled architecture.
08

Taking up space

King of the Rise

Editorial
A child holds a camera on a wooded trail while an adult stands behind with hands on the child’s shoulders.
09

Learning to look

King of the Rise

Life & culture
A camera in the foreground frames a man with glasses and a patterned shirt in blue and red light.
10

On the other side of the lens

King of the Rise

Editorial
A white dog wearing dark sunglasses and a pink harness sits outdoors.
11

An unbothered kind of royalty

King of the Rise

Life & culture
A man in a red track jacket stands beside a white vintage car beneath a cloudy sky.
12

The road is still open

King of the Rise

Editorial
Two smiling people sit close together under a colourful blanket, facing a television.
13

Our little world

King of the Rise

Life & culture
A child in a blue cap and dinosaur-print top is seen from behind against soft green foliage.
14

Toward the green

King of the Rise

Portraits
A camera operator with glasses and hair in a bun works with a cinema camera outdoors at dusk.
15

Keeping the last light

King of the Rise

Editorial
A person in a black T-shirt and shorts sits among rocks and trees with their head lowered.
16

Room to be still

King of the Rise

Portraits
A person in a black baseball cap studies a camera while seated indoors.
17

The act of looking

King of the Rise

Editorial
Close portrait of a bearded man wearing a black knit cap and gold-framed glasses against a pale sky.
18

Eyes on the horizon

King of the Rise

Portraits
A blue Smurf figure with a white hat and long string legs hangs among vintage objects in a shop.
19

Small guardians

King of the Rise

Details & places
A small striped woodland animal sits on a mossy log surrounded by green forest.
20

The quiet witness

King of the Rise

Details & places
A cook in a white hat and uniform works behind the window of a brightly lit food counter.
21

While the city gathers

King of the Rise

Life & culture
A shadowed portrait seen through glass, surrounded by blurred blue and amber night lights.
01

After the noise

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
Two people embrace in a crowded room filled with soft blue light.
02

The room falls away

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A singer holds a microphone beneath a warm diagonal spotlight on a dark stage.
03

A voice against the dark

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
Three people pose together at a busy bar beneath warm lights and hanging decorations.
04

The night gathers us

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
People wearing glasses laugh together, with a bright red shirt and drifting smoke against a dark background.
05

Laughter through the haze

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A photographer crouches with a camera amid a crowd in a dim room with golden window panels.
06

The witness in the crowd

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A woman in a light blouse sits outdoors with her hands raised near her face, framed by dark green trees.
07

An afternoon that stays

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
Concertgoers raise hands and phones, with a person wearing glasses singing along in the foreground.
08

All the words by heart

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A person in a dark shirt studies a camera indoors, seen in profile against a softly blurred room.
09

A moment before the frame

Journey Through Memories

Editorial
A man in a backwards black cap holds the edges of his dark jacket against a grey studio background.
10

The person beneath the pose

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A woman in light grey clothing and black boots sits beside a metal column in an industrial interior.
11

A quiet place to land

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A smiling crowd in formal clothing raises hands beneath falling white confetti.
12

When joy fills the frame

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A seated studio portrait of a woman in a green outfit against a pale grey backdrop.
13

Room for becoming

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A silhouetted person carries a golf club and a glass on a staircase beside a tall curtained window.
14

Between one room and another

Journey Through Memories

Editorial
A performer in sunglasses sings into a handheld microphone and points outward under pink and red stage lights.
15

Send it back to the room

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
Audience members raise their hands and a tambourine toward stage lights in a dark venue.
16

When the chorus finds us

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A woman in a rust-coloured outfit sits beside a low table, with pale curtains and houseplants behind her.
17

What the room remembers

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
Two people in blue and white martial arts uniforms stand near a large window and colourful balloons.
18

Before the first move

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A dramatic portrait of a person tilting their head toward warm light, surrounded by brown-toned haze.
19

The silence after

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A person in black clothing sits on a laundry machine with their head lowered and hands in their hair.
20

Between the turning hours

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A man with locs, a backwards cap and layered necklaces stands against a blue wall wearing a dark baseball jersey.
21

A portrait in blue

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A child in a camouflage hat and jacket holds a microphone beneath blue stage lighting.
22

Before the first chorus

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
Two people in sunglasses gesture beside each other against a pale wall patterned with leafy shadows.
23

A rhythm of their own

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A woman in a dark jacket leans beside a large stone column and looks upward, with a city street in the background.
24

The city, between words

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A performer seen from behind raises a hand toward an audience holding illuminated phones under blue venue lighting.
25

A room full of stars

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A smiling musician in a red shirt holds an acoustic guitar beside a microphone against a dark stage background.
26

The smile between songs

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
Four women pose close together inside a bar lit by a row of round hanging lights.
27

Together in the frame

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A person wearing a black beanie and puffer jacket stands with their head lowered against a nearly black background.
28

Held by the dark

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A woman in a pale pink outfit and layered pearl necklaces sits among sheer curtains and flowers.
29

Softness has a place here

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A person in a mustard-coloured shirt holds a camera directly in front of their face outdoors.
30

Looking back at the witness

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
Two people lean over materials in a bright room, seen through sheer curtains, with a seated person in the foreground.
31

The work beyond the frame

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A person in a red patterned jacket stands beside a yellow vintage taxi on a city street with steam rising behind.
32

A colour the city kept

Journey Through Memories

Editorial
Three dancers in pale pink skirts and red gloves reach forward from the stage floor while another performer gestures behind them against blue curtains.
33

The body keeps a story

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A close crop of layered gold-toned necklaces, green stones and a cross pendant above an open dark garment.
34

What we choose to carry

Journey Through Memories

Details & places
A performer seen from behind faces a closely gathered audience in a small venue with shelves and warm hanging lights.
35

A room that listens

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A performer stands with their back to the camera on a stage filled with red light and haze, facing an audience.
36

The red we remember

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A performer with light-coloured locs and a backwards black cap leans into a microphone as people hold up phones behind.
37

Close enough to hear

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
A man with short light-coloured hair and a black leather jacket crouches on a wooden chair in a room with illustrated walls.
38

A place in the picture

Journey Through Memories

Portraits
A performer in a cap and sleeveless basketball jersey sings into a microphone with one arm extended toward the audience.
39

The distance a voice can cross

Journey Through Memories

Life & culture
Golden reed seed heads rise against a clear blue sky, with softly blurred stems in the foreground.
01

Small things learn the sky

The Seed

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A smiling blond child in a grey shirt reaches toward the camera against a softly blurred green background.
02

Reach before the answer

The Seed

Portraits
A man in a backwards black cap, grey hood and denim vest looks down against a plain grey wall.
03

The work beneath the brim

The Seed

Portraits
A woman in a patterned blue shirt reclines diagonally on stone steps beside a red brick wall.
04

A different way to stand

The Seed

Portraits
A woman with long highlighted hair and a taupe top leans against weathered masonry crossed by soft shadows.
05

Meet the light halfway

The Seed

Portraits
A blue-backed swallow with a reddish throat perches on weathered wood against green foliage.
06

The small keeper

The Seed

Details & places
A blackbird with a red and yellow wing patch balances on a reed above a field of golden grasses.
07

A note above the reeds

The Seed

Details & places
The steering wheel and dark dashboard of a yellow Jeep are framed by door webbing and sunlit foliage.
08

Leave room for the road

The Seed

Details & places
A white-haired woman wearing glasses laughs in a red camping chair beside a bright blanket and wooden beams.
09

Joy has seniority

The Seed

Portraits
Two musicians at microphones are seen through tall grasses, with warm sunlight outlining curly hair and a patterned shirt.
10

The light joins the song

The Seed

Life & culture
A smiling man in sunglasses sits on the rear steps of a large green truck, with fairground rides and visitors behind him.
11

A seat in the middle of it

The Seed

Portraits
The colourful Sea Ray fairground ride rises beneath a blue sky filled with thin, wispy clouds.
12

Permission to be delighted

The Seed

Details & places
A musician in a black hat, white shirt and blue scarf holds a microphone with one arm extended under green and blue stage lights.
13

Between breath and chorus

The Seed

Portraits
A person in a dark feathered hat holds a red maple leaf across their mouth and looks upward beside a tree.
14

Autumn keeps its joke

The Seed

Portraits
Clay-covered hands shape the rim of a pot on a spinning wheel, beside a red plaid sleeve and a denim apron.
15

Become by making

The Seed

Details & places
Two people in elaborate hats and warm cloaks share a cup beside a small table of mugs in an autumn woodland.
16

The Kingdom stops for tea

The Seed

Portraits
A woman in a red knit hat and quilted jacket holds a black ornamental cutout across her face in bright backlight.
17

A little theatre for the sun

The Seed

Portraits
Three costumed figures stand among tall dry grasses, with a yellow hood in front and elaborate hats behind.
18

We grow in company

The Seed

Portraits
A man in a black cap looks down while holding his dark coat and shoulder strap among dry grasses.
19

Still learning the weight

The Seed

Portraits
Three smiling people in colourful autumn clothing and hats sit together on a red bench beneath bare branches.
20

Enough room on the bench

The Seed

Portraits
A musician in a black hat raises one hand beside their face while holding a microphone under blue and red stage lighting.
21

The room answers back

The Seed

Portraits
A cobalt blue cup decorated with a painted eye and golden rays rests on a dark saucer, with softly blurred vessels behind it.
22

Even the cup is watching

The Seed

Details & places
An open book rests in carved wooden hands, with warm sunlight across a page headed Restore Innocence.
23

Read with the door open

The Seed

Details & places
A person wearing glasses, an elaborate orange flower hat, a yellow scarf and a dark cloak turns toward the camera among tall golden reeds.
24

Autumn dresses for itself

The Seed

Portraits
Russet red leaves hang from a diagonal stem against a pale blue and peach sky above a softly blurred field.
25

A softer kind of letting go

The Seed

Details & places
A work-worn hand holds a small tool above a metal strip clamped in a weathered blue bench vice.
26

What the hands remember

The Seed

Details & places
A man in a red shirt closes his eyes and wraps his arms around a broad tree trunk in a sunlit forest.
01

Begin with an embrace

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A silver pendant shaped like two feathers hangs over a red shirt and black leather vest.
02

The weight of a small thing

Return of the Crown

Details & places
Artists work at easels in a crowded indoor room, with spectators gathered around their brightly lit canvases.
03

Make room for the makers

Return of the Crown

Life & culture
White floatplanes sit at a harbour dock beyond a blurred fence, with trees and a mountain across the water.
04

Permission to depart

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A woman in a black leather jacket, black shorts and tall boots looks back beside a wooden patio fence and dark umbrella.
05

The street meets your stride

Return of the Crown

Portraits
Polished wooden ship wheels and maritime objects fill a dim display beneath a bright rectangular window.
06

A room full of possible routes

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A woman with dark hair and bangs rests her arms on a concrete railing and looks toward the camera, with city buildings behind her.
07

A gaze that holds its ground

Return of the Crown

Portraits
Sunlit hands reach into a fitted wooden case holding pale chess pieces, beneath the sleeves of a black leather jacket.
08

Before the first move

Return of the Crown

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Two people in black shirts and aprons laugh together in a brightly lit event space.
09

Joy belongs on the team

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A person wearing glasses and a patterned headscarf uses a laptop aboard a boat at dusk, with water and high-rise buildings behind them.
10

An office with a horizon

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A lone cyclist rides through a long graffiti-covered alley beneath metal fire escapes, with a plume of steam along one wall.
11

Keep walking through the frame

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A dark mantel clock sits on a wooden windowsill between softly lit pink checked curtains.
12

Let the afternoon take its time

Return of the Crown

Details & places
People browse long rows of vinyl record bins inside a bright hall with tall windows.
13

The songs we find in company

Return of the Crown

Life & culture
A woman in a long green and gold dress stands in a narrow passage between a textured wall, a wooden fence and a bright blue building.
14

Colour takes the narrow way

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A woman with long braids and metallic eye makeup closes her eyes in sunlight, with one hand beside her face and brick buildings behind her.
15

A moment entirely your own

Return of the Crown

Portraits
Eight women in colourful patterned dresses stand together outdoors, some wearing white floral headpieces.
16

No one has to disappear

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A person with green and yellow face paint wears a large crown with orange flame-shaped points, seen in profile at an indoor event.
17

Wear the work

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A man wearing glasses, a dark jacket and a blue shirt sits among tall, sharply textured dark rock formations.
18

Find your own foothold

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A person in a yellow bucket hat, white sleeveless shirt and patterned flared trousers stands on brick-lined steps holding a light-coloured bag with red motifs.
19

Carry your own weather

Return of the Crown

Portraits
An artist in a pale grey shirt leans close to a canvas with a fine paintbrush, wearing an earbud as people gather behind him.
20

The next mark is yours

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A hand reaches between vinyl records in protective sleeves inside a wooden record bin.
21

A song before the needle

Return of the Crown

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A man wearing glasses, a dark jacket and blue trousers sits on concrete steps with one hand resting on a metal railing.
22

A place to take your time

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A large white balloon marked FREE HUGS in red letters floats against a blue sky and soft white clouds.
23

An invitation above the noise

Return of the Crown

Details & places
Peacock feathers and striped brown feathers fan out around a curved green frond against a pale wall.
24

The crown was already growing

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A man in a white shirt leans over cards on a worn wooden table, with bottles, cups and a bright window behind him.
25

Some decisions need a table

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A white restroom sign with two figures and a left-pointing arrow is fixed to a wooden fence beneath an overcast sky.
26

Even the Kingdom needs directions

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A woman in a sleeveless charcoal dress sits on the forest floor, leaning on one hand among dark trees and exposed roots.
27

Let the forest set the pace

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A hand brushes grey clothing on a rack beside olive green, yellow and red-star-patterned garments.
28

A feeling at your fingertips

Return of the Crown

Details & places
Two green parrots with yellow heads perch on a metal enclosure among dense foliage, with branches and feeding bowls below.
29

The council has other plans

Return of the Crown

Details & places
Tall shelves filled with record sleeves line a dim room beneath track lighting, with a ladder leaning against the shelving.
30

The archive needs a ladder

Return of the Crown

Details & places
A man in a light beige jacket and olive trousers rests against a dark wooden fence beside timber buildings and a patch of grass.
31

At home in the afternoon

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A woman in a white and purple floral dress sits on a white chair and cuts lavender stems with scissors.
32

Gather what you can tend

Return of the Crown

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A musician in a wide-brimmed black hat and glasses plays a long-necked wooden string instrument beside a cafe window.
33

The street finds a melody

Return of the Crown

Portraits
A man in a dark sweater rests against a wooden railing in front of a large weathered timber building.
34

Stand where the light can find you

Return of the Crown

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A woman in a pale pink coat and dark trousers stands on a wooden walkway before a blue building and looks to the side.
35

A little room for what comes next

Return of the Crown

Portraits
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