Tony ray jones bio
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Tony Ray-Jones
English photographer
Tony Ray-Jones | |
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| Born | (1941-06-07)7 June 1941 Wells, Somerset, England |
| Died | 13 March 1972(1972-03-13) (aged 30) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Beachy Head boat trip, 1967 |
| Spouse | Anna Ray-Jones |
| Parent | Raymond Ray-Jones |
This article is about the English photographer born in 1941. For the English photographer born in 1962, see Anthony Jones (photographer). For the English photographer and husband of Princess Margaret, see Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
Tony Ray-Jones (7 June 1941 – 13 March 1972) was an English photographer.[1]
Life
[edit]Born Holroyd Anthony Ray-Jones in Wells, Somerset, he was the youngest son of Raymond Ray-Jones (1886–1942), a painter and etcher who died when Tony was only eight months old,[2] and Effie Irene Pearce, who would work as a physiotherapist. After his father's death, Tony's mother took the fami
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‘I want my pictures to bite like the images in Bunuel’s films which disturb you while making you think. I want them to have poignancy and sharpness but with humour on top.’ – Tony Ray-Jones
Blackpool, Lancashire,1968
By Ainslie Ellis, originally published as the introduction in A Day Off, and English Journal, 1974.
In San Francisco on 18 February 1972 Tony Ray-Jones was told that he had an acute and rare form of leukaemia. He died in London at the Royal Marsden Hospital less than a month later. He was thirty years old. The pictures that he took, and what he had to say about photography, these are of singular importance.
It is difficult to think of any other British photographer but Tony Ray-Jones whose pictures have that rare blend of humour and sadness which is born of both compassion and irony. This is something that springs from the depths of character and it is something that cannot be copied or faked. The imitation, the phoney baloney version o
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Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972) built in the span of a decade a body of work which has marked the history of British photography. His images have participated in the evolution of the medium which took place between the 1960s and the 1970s, just as the decline of photojournalism led photographers to more creative fields. Since his death, Ray-Jones has come to incarnate the British independent photographer, whose artistic vision places itself over commercial consideration. He distinguished han själv as a documentary photographer through the strength and precision of his photographic style.
Solo show
2019 The English Seen by Tony Ray-Jones, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
2014 Tony Ray-Jones. Another Country, James Hyman Gallery, London, UK
2011 Tony Ray-Jones: The English, Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, UK
2010 Tony Ray-Jones, Starmach Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2009 The Photographs of Tony R