Colin Jones followed an unusual path into photography, having been a dancer with the Royal Ballet until his late 20s. While on tour in the north of England he began to take pictures of the mining communities and it was not long before he had given up dancing to begin his new career, landing a job at the Observer alongside photographers such as Philip Jones Griffiths and Don McCullin.
Jones' subjects are working people: miners, shipbuilders, dockers and dancers. This rigorous monograph assimilates Jones' best work to date. Timelessly captivating, it is a revealing tale of industrial post-war Britain, and a moving portrait of poverty and physical hardship endured with dignity.
- ISBN10 0714842532
- ISBN13 9780714842530
- Publish Date 23 September 2002
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 25 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English