A photograph of a group of passengers on a pleasure boat trip from Beachy Head
- Made:
- 1967 in Beachy Head
- photographer:
- Tony Ray-Jones
A photograph of a group of passengers on a pleasure boat trip from Beachy Head, Sussex, taken by Tony Ray Jones (1941-1972) in 1966. This photograph was reproduced in Ray-Jones' book, 'A Day Off - An English Journal' where it was wrongly captioned 'Scarborough'.
British photographer Tony Ray-Jones (1941 - 1972) is best known for his project 'A Day Off' portraying the English way of life. Fascinated by the quirks and idiosyncrasies of life, Ray-Jones' photographs are imbued with warmth and humour as people are caught relaxing and off-guard.
After an initial period at the London School of Printing, Ray-Jones moved to America, to study photography at Yale University. At Yale, he found that the subject was taken seriously as an art form and as a tool for personal artistic expression.
Whilst in America he was introduced to the still relatively new form of art photography known as 'street' photography which had a profound effect on his practice.
After returning to Britain, Ray-Jones began to use a similar approach to document the English at leisure, and developed a particular interest in the English seaside. Tragically, Ray-Jones died in 1972, at the age of 31.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Tony Ray-Jones Collection
- Object Number:
- 1993-5016/57/3
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall (print): 320 mm x 210 mm
- type:
- photograph and silver gelatin print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
