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Tony Ray-Jones: A Retrospective View

By Tony Ray-Jones

Tony Ray-Jones: A Retrospective View Travel

Tony Ray-Jones: A Retrospective View

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At the time of his tragic death in 1972, at the age of thirty, Tony Ray-Jones had already made a significant mark on contemporary photography. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tony Ray-Jones's birth, this is the first comprehensive evaluation of a recognised major photographic talent who remains a lasting influence on the work of many of today's documentary photographers. Richard Ehrlich has researched the work of Ray-Jones over several years and has had direct access to the archive held by his widow in New York. Through a well-researched and in-depth study he reveals that there was more to this brief life than famous images, and more work than is usually credited. Ray-Jones's character and influence are also re-evaluated. His forceful personality impressed even those not immediately drawn to him, and his extreme, sometimes contradictory views on the conflicting demands of commerce and personal expression anticipate debates current in photography today. "I have tried to show the sadness and the humour in a gentle madness that prevails in people. The situations are sometimes ambiguous and and unrelated, and yet the people are real. real. This, I hope, helps to create a feeling of fantasy. Photography can be a mirror and reflect life as it is, but I also think that perhaps it is possible to walk like Alice, through a looking-glass, and find another kind of world with the camera." -- Tony Ray-Jones
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
112
Release Date:
1999-01-01
Publication Date:
1999-01-01
Publisher:
Cornerhouse Publications
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0948797363
Weight:
626 g
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