Welcome to Britain: A Celebration of Real Life

Williams, Jan; Teasdale, Chris

ISBN 10: 0755314476 / ISBN 13: 9780755314478

Published by Headline, 2005

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Signed by the authors.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1679579030557

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Welcome to Britain: A Celebration of Real Life
• Publisher: Headline
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755314476
• ISBN 13: 9780755314478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale are on a mission to record the ordinary and extraordinary details of leisure, landscape and lifestyle in 21st-century Britain.

With a wry eye to the humour of their subjects, their book covers locations from across the British Isles in themed sections exploring such aspects of Britishness as gardening (not least the ubiquitous dead conifer that has almost become their logo), shop fronts, seaside resorts and our national love of dogs. The appeal of the photos in the book is the familiarity of their subject matter and their celebration of overlooked detail, revealing the reality - and surreality - of contemporary Britain.

Over the past five years they have exhibited the photographs around the country in a 1969 mustard-coloured caravan - The Caravan Gallery - and the photos are accompanied by quotes from the gallery's visitor book.

About the Author

Jan Williams studied Fine Art in Portsmouth and works in a wide range of media from her studio at Art Space Portsmouth. She exhibits widely both in the UK and abroad. Chris Teasdale has worked in education, the travel industry and as a stained-glass artist before collaborating with Jan in a number of art- and travel-related projects and commissions. Their shared interests inspired them to set up The Caravan Gallery in 2000. Since then they have been touring the country, communing with the great British public, and exhibiting photographs and postcards made in response to places visited.