Tony Ray-Jones
Newquay, 1968
Gelatin silver print, mounted
13.5 x 20 cms
5 5/16 x 7 13/16 ins
5 5/16 x 7 13/16 ins
13683
£ 1,200.00
Provenance
Donated by the Hyman Collection. All profits go to the Centre for British Photography.
Printed 1975. Mounted on cardboard, numbered XIII in Roman numerals, also numbered from the edition of 125 on the mount. Image 20 x 13.5 cms Mount 45.7 x 35.6 cms...
Printed 1975.
Mounted on cardboard, numbered XIII in Roman numerals, also numbered from the edition of 125 on the mount.
Image 20 x 13.5 cms
Mount 45.7 x 35.6 cms
'Tony Ray-Jones' blind-stamp on the mount.
Also two stamps verso (one signed by printer John Benton-Harris and the other by the Photographic Collections Ltd, publisher).
James Hyman is pleased to present an online exhibition of some of Tony Ray-Jones most celebrated photographs. These black and white darkroom prints were made shortly after Ray-Jones premature death and provide an over-view of many of his most famous images. They were printed by his friend John Benton-Harris for a special portfolio in 1975.
Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972) remains one of the most influential and best-loved British photographers of the last half century. Although he died very young and his photographic career spanned just over a decade, Ray-Jones produced a richly diverse body of work that celebrated the melodramatic nature of the human character- synthesizing a personalized mélange of compassion, curiosity and irony.
Viewed from the perspective of 2020, Ray-Jones presents a world that is both familiar and almost un-recognisable. As Ray-Jones, himself, explained to Creative Camera in 1968:
"I have tried to show the sadness and the humour in a gentle madness that prevails in a people. The situations are sometimes ambiguous and unreal, and the juxtaposition of elements seemingly unrelated... 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."
Mounted on cardboard, numbered XIII in Roman numerals, also numbered from the edition of 125 on the mount.
Image 20 x 13.5 cms
Mount 45.7 x 35.6 cms
'Tony Ray-Jones' blind-stamp on the mount.
Also two stamps verso (one signed by printer John Benton-Harris and the other by the Photographic Collections Ltd, publisher).
James Hyman is pleased to present an online exhibition of some of Tony Ray-Jones most celebrated photographs. These black and white darkroom prints were made shortly after Ray-Jones premature death and provide an over-view of many of his most famous images. They were printed by his friend John Benton-Harris for a special portfolio in 1975.
Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972) remains one of the most influential and best-loved British photographers of the last half century. Although he died very young and his photographic career spanned just over a decade, Ray-Jones produced a richly diverse body of work that celebrated the melodramatic nature of the human character- synthesizing a personalized mélange of compassion, curiosity and irony.
Viewed from the perspective of 2020, Ray-Jones presents a world that is both familiar and almost un-recognisable. As Ray-Jones, himself, explained to Creative Camera in 1968:
"I have tried to show the sadness and the humour in a gentle madness that prevails in a people. The situations are sometimes ambiguous and unreal, and the juxtaposition of elements seemingly unrelated... 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."
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