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Background information
"First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, the photographic volume 'Ray’s a Laugh' by British photographer Richard BILLINGHAM is one of the most significant photobooks of the turn of the twentieth century, as well as a cornerstone work of the Young British Artists generation. Formed of starkly intimate images of his often chaotic parental home under the heavy effects of alcoholism and poverty, the book was produced in the 1990s with editors Michael Collins and Julian Germain.
Content
This new edition of 'Ray’s a Laugh' by Richard BILLINGHAM restores the original vision for his deeply personal work for the first time. Including numerous unseen images and a distinct approach to sequencing inflected by his training as a painter: it constitutes a ‘director’s cut’ and reintroduces a vital and consistently challenging work for a new era.
Additional information, about the SIGNED edition
The publication of this new edition is accompanied by 'Ray’s a Laugh: A Reader', edited by Liz Jobey, which traces the book’s compelling history from the 'discovery’ of Richard BILLINGHAM at Sunderland University, through his Turner Prize nomination, to the present reworked edition. Purchase Ray's a Laugh: A Reader here.
The signed edition will be signed by the artist on press.