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The Great British Seaside Tony Ray-Jones

The Great British Seaside By Tony Ray-Jones

The Great British Seaside by Tony Ray-Jones


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Featuring works by some of Britain's best-loved photographers, this book explores our changing relationship with the seaside over the last six decades and holds up a critical and affectionate mirror to a much-loved and quintessentially British experience.

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The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the Present by Tony Ray-Jones

Featuring works by some of Britain's best-loved photographers - Tony Ray-Jones, David Hurn, Martin Parr, and Simon Roberts - this book explores our changing relationship with the seaside over the last six decades and holds up a critical and affectionate mirror to a much-loved and quintessentially British experience. Published to accompany the 2018 National Maritime Museum exhibition The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the Present, this book showcases over 100 photographs, including material from each of the photographers' archival collections, newly commissioned works, and never-before-seen images.

About Tony Ray-Jones

Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, and Queen's House. It is also home to the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre and the Caird Library and Archive. Tony Ray-Jones (1941-1972) was an English photographer. David Hurn is a British documentary photographer. Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist, and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical, and anthropological look at aspects of modern life. Simon Roberts is a British photographer whose work deals with our relationship to landscape and notions of identity and belonging.

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GOR010536604
9780948065989
0948065982
The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the Present by Tony Ray-Jones
Used - Like New
Hardback
National Maritime Museum
20180305
128
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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