Tony Ray-Jones & Martin Parr - Only in England

Event details

The first exhibition at Media Space shows 50 previously unseen works by British photographer Tony Ray-Jones alongside rarely seen early black and white photographs taken by his fellow countryman Martin Parr. Between 1966 and 1969 Ray-Jones created a body of photographic work documenting English customs and identity. Humorous yet melancholy, these photographs were a departure from anything else being produced at the time. Tragically, in 1972, Ray-Jones died from Leukaemia, aged just 30. His short but prolific career had a lasting influence on the development of British photography. Inspired by him, Martin Parr produced The Non-Conformists, a project shot in black and white that started within two years of Ray-Jones’ death and demonstrates his legacy and influence. Parr was invited to select the works by Ray-Jones for show, from 2700 contact sheets and negatives in the archive.

September 21, 2013 till March 16, 2014 United Kingdom London

Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm

Venue details

Media Space
2nd floor Science Museum
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2DD
United Kingdom
T: +44 20 7942 4000

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/mediaspace

GUP about - Tony Ray-Jones "American Colour 1962-1965"

Photo © Tony Ray-Jones

American Colour 1962-1965 by Tony Ray-Jones draws from the vast archive of one of the keenest observers of British society and culture, presenting a selection of his early experiments with colour photography. Coming to the States on a scholarship in the early ‘60s with the background of a graphic designer, Ray-Jones threw himself into the street life of New York and witnessed the excitement and sense of departure that was stirring the nation at the time. Developing his own viewpoints, both artistic and personal, he also dove into the newly emerging medium of colour film. This book shows a selection of these ‘isolated sketches’ in colour, as Ray-Jones referred to them, and sheds a new light on a photographer whose later black-and-white work exerted an enormous influence on British documentary photography.

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