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Photographer and painter Richard Billingham (born 1970) grew up in a cramped, high-rise tenement apartment with his mother and father in Birmingham, England. His father, Ray, was an unemployed, chronic alcoholic, often sleeping the whole day through, while Liz, Billingham's overweight and heavily tattooed mother, filled her home with porcelain dolls and jigsaw puzzles, housing ten cats and three dogs. These are Billingham's subjects. In stark comparison to conventional family photos around the dinner table or in front of the Christmas tree, Billingham's images are raw, intimate and often uncomfortably humorous. First published in 2000, "Ray's a Laugh" is now considered one of the most important British photo books of the recent past. This publication reproduces this renowned book spread by spread, including a contemporary essay by Charlotte Cotton.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First thus. Books on Books No 18. Reproduces the Scalo 1996 first edition of this seminal work. 55 plates (including one previously unpublished). With essay to rear by curator Charlotte Cotton. Parr & Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. A small bump to hd of spine, otherwise appears all but unused. Seller Inventory # 00006564
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