Ray’s a Laugh - signed Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation PrizeIN STOCK! Embossed linen hardcover23. 4 x 31cm, 320 pagesMarch 2024 Mack ABOUT THE SIGNED EDITIONThe signed edition will be signed by the artist on press. * First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billinghams Rays a Laugh 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 Billinghams often chaotic
as if he were taking a walk outside
these worlds of thought are given an intense
" And I think
Its book version published by Kominek Books includes texts by Joan Fontcuberta
the sound made me automatically think of the words ‘melody’ and ‘melancholy’
my encounters and my desire to escape decide it all … Having come face to face with my contact prints
interconnectedness
Pier Paolo Pasolini
the Center for CreativePhotography
500 copies
Alongside the photographs is a long written essay
American photographer Gregory Halpern (born 1977) leads us on a ramble through the brilliant and ruined streets of the United States Rust Belt