Photo by Tony Ray Jones
Episode 4 of the ‘Genius of Photography’ explores the golden age of photographic ‘journeys’ and relives some of the best photographers of that era. It also looks at the artistic credibility of colour for serious photographers. The image above was taken by Tony Ray Jones and was of particular interest to me as it depicts a candid representation of 60s Britain – the beach was a place where the nation could ‘recline and bare it’s soul’. He reveled in seeing how people were ‘performing in a way that that they wouldn’t normally do and then in that performance they’re revealing something of themselves that they wouldn’t normally do’. I unfortunately cannot use this sort of candid photography for my project due to the direction I’m going in (set up photographs using representative imagery), but I did think that this was a very pertinent observation that particularly stood out to me.
Photography- Alpay Dedezade 