TONY RAY-JONES - Tony Ray-Jones
The book focuses on photographs taken between 1966 and 1969, when Ray-Jones, driven by curiosity, traveled the country to document English social customs and what he saw as a disappearing way of life. This small but distinctive set of photographs was part of an evolution in British photography, which placed artistic vision above commercial success. In a short space of time, Ray-Jones succeeded in establishing a personal style. He constructed complex images against a typically English backdrop, where the spaces between image elements were as important as the main subject itself.
Ray-Jones' skills were acquired from a generation of street photographers he met while living in New York in the mid-1960s. These photographers included Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz and others associated with the circle of legendary Harpers Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch. Their photos defined the era by using the street as a frame. Ray-Jones applied this new way of seeing to his native England, photographing his observations as they had never been seen before.
RRB Photobooks & Martin Parr Foundation, 2019
30 x 25 cm
128 pages
ISBN: 9781916057500
The book focuses on photographs taken between 1966 and 1969, when Ray-Jones, driven by curiosity, traveled the country to document English social customs and what he saw as a disappearing way of life. This small but distinctive set of photographs was part of an evolution in British photography, which placed artistic vision above commercial success. In a short space of time, Ray-Jones succeeded in establishing a personal style. He constructed complex images against a typically English backdrop, where the spaces between image elements were as important as the main subject itself.
Ray-Jones' skills were acquired from a generation of street photographers he met while living in New York in the mid-1960s. These photographers included Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz and others associated with the circle of legendary Harpers Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch. Their photos defined the era by using the street as a frame. Ray-Jones applied this new way of seeing to his native England, photographing his observations as they had never been seen before.
RRB Photobooks & Martin Parr Foundation, 2019
30 x 25 cm
128 pages
ISBN: 9781916057500
The book focuses on photographs taken between 1966 and 1969, when Ray-Jones, driven by curiosity, traveled the country to document English social customs and what he saw as a disappearing way of life. This small but distinctive set of photographs was part of an evolution in British photography, which placed artistic vision above commercial success. In a short space of time, Ray-Jones succeeded in establishing a personal style. He constructed complex images against a typically English backdrop, where the spaces between image elements were as important as the main subject itself.
Ray-Jones' skills were acquired from a generation of street photographers he met while living in New York in the mid-1960s. These photographers included Garry Winogrand, Joel Meyerowitz and others associated with the circle of legendary Harpers Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch. Their photos defined the era by using the street as a frame. Ray-Jones applied this new way of seeing to his native England, photographing his observations as they had never been seen before.
RRB Photobooks & Martin Parr Foundation, 2019
30 x 25 cm
128 pages
ISBN: 9781916057500
