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Tony Ray-Jones: Creative Camera 1968 Print E-mail
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Written by Roy Hammans   
Monday, 08 June 2009 12:26

Creative Camera, Issue 52 October 1968As far as I can ascertain, the first time that non-assignment photographs by Tony Ray-Jones were published in the UK was in the October 1968 issue of Creative Camera magazine, then under the editorship of Bill Jay.

The magazine featured on the cover one of the photographs Ray-Jones had made during his stay in America and the article comprised a statement by him, together with a comment on the work by Frank Charlton. These are reproduced in full below.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 16:00
 
Peter Marshall Essay on Ray-Jones Print E-mail
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Written by Peter Marshall   
Sunday, 28 September 2008 20:13
Peter Marshall is a London-based photographer and educator whose work may be seen here.
He also runs the extremely informative My London Diary site.
This essay is taken from a presentation given by him in Poland in 2005.

Ray-Jones's life and career was tragically cut short by his sudden decline and death from leukemia in 1972, aged only 30, when he had completed only one major project, ‘The English Seen'.  His illness had only been diagnosed two months earlier and he had been photographing up to a couple of weeks before he died.

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 October 2008 10:12
 
Tony Ray-Jones by Peter Turner Print E-mail
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Written by Peter Turner   
Thursday, 25 September 2008 08:38

This article on Tony Ray-Jones, written by the late Peter Turner, appeared in the July 1988 issue of Creative Camera magazine.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 September 2008 06:51
 
Tony Ray-Jones Remembered Print E-mail
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Written by John Benton Harris   
Thursday, 25 September 2008 08:07

An Obituary Published in Creative Camera - June 1972

On 13 March Tony Ray-Jones, one of Britain's finest photographers, died suddenly from leukaemia. At only 31 his talent had been recognised not only in this country but also in Europe and, particularly, in America. Tony was a photographer apart from photographers — in many ways an outlaw in his own medium. As a result of his determination to present situations as honestly as he had seen them he had many fights with picture editors and art directors — a photographer insisting on editing and helping in the layout of his own pictures is unthinkable! But the very people who pronounced sentence on him, blacklisted him, and even attempted to sue him for his integrity, will be the first to say 'what a nice guy he was' and 'what a great loss his passing is to photography'.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 17:04
 
Through a looking glass - Tony Ray-Jones Print E-mail
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Written by Roy Hammans   
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 18:46

beachyI was initially prompted to add this section on Tony Ray-Jones by two almost coincident articles published about him in 2004. The first was in Source magazine, where Ian Walker conveyed a fascinating tale of detection and discovery entitled 'Summer of Love' based around one photograph by Ray-Jones, reproduced on the left.

The second article, by Liz Jobey in the Guardian Weekend magazine (Oct 2004) and entitled 'The English Seen' , featured the same photograph leading into a brief biography and synopsis of Ray-Jones's work and influences linked to the major show of his work held in the UK in late 2004.

Since then, these pages about him have attracted thousands of visits from all over the world, testimony to the enduring legacy of the man and his work.

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 January 2010 17:24
 


 
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