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Richard Billingham - Ray's a laugh, Scalo, 1996, Zürich

 

Hardcover with dustjacket. Text below from the read-cover.

"Flash into the face of Mom and Dad.
A British family-album so cool that I can see and hear what goes on between the frames.
No room for judgement or morality...
Reality and no pretence.
Richard Billingham is the son and he knows - his family." (Robert Frank)

"This book is about my close family. My father Raymond is a chronic alcoholic. He doesn't like going outside and mostly drinks homebrew. y mother Elizabeth hardly drinks but she does smoke a lot. She likes pets and things that are decorative. They married in 1970 and I was born soon after. My younger brother Jason was taken into care when he was 11 but is now back with Ray and Liz again. Recently he became a father. Ray says Jason is unruly. Jason says Ray's a laugh but doesn't want to be like him." (Richard Billingham)

 

Pages: 96
Place: Zürich
Year: 1996
Publisher: Scalo
Size: 22 x 28 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Photobook: A History Volume II" by Parr/Badger
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Hardcover with dustjacket. Text below from the read-cover.

"Flash into the face of Mom and Dad.
A British family-album so cool that I can see and hear what goes on between the frames.
No room for judgement or morality...
Reality and no pretence.
Richard Billingham is the son and he knows - his family." (Robert Frank)

"This book is about my close family. My father Raymond is a chronic alcoholic. He doesn't like going outside and mostly drinks homebrew. y mother Elizabeth hardly drinks but she does smoke a lot. She likes pets and things that are decorative. They married in 1970 and I was born soon after. My younger brother Jason was taken into care when he was 11 but is now back with Ray and Liz again. Recently he became a father. Ray says Jason is unruly. Jason says Ray's a laugh but doesn't want to be like him." (Richard Billingham)

 

Pages: 96
Place: Zürich
Year: 1996
Publisher: Scalo
Size: 22 x 28 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Photobook: A History Volume II" by Parr/Badger
>> see more Vol. II picks here