Recollections - Hardcover

Philip J. Griffiths

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904563708 ISBN 13: 9781904563709

Publisher: Trolley Books, 2008

Synopsis

Philip Jones Griffiths is renowned as the foremost photographer of the war in Viet Nam. President of Magnum for a record five years, his 1971 publication Viet Nam Inc. was a crucial influence in changing public opinion in the US at the time of the conflict. His new book presents a period much closer to home, with many previously unseen images taken of Britain in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Griffiths's pictures depict social and political affairs, and landmark events over three decades of change and upheaval in Great Britain. From the Beatles in Liverpool and coalminers in Wales, to CND marches on the streets of London and funeral processions in Northern Ireland, the images are acute, human, and full of his trademark perceptive commentary. Recollections presents a domestic revolution from one of the world's greatest photographers, whose international fame covering a country on the other side of the world, is now put in the context of his equally incisive work at home. With a preface by Julian Stallabrass and extracts from a letter from Tony Benn. In 2008 the images were exhibited in Liverpool at the National Conservation Centre, as part of their 'City of Culture' celebrations, and in Paris during 'Mois de la Photo'. The images were more recently exhibited at the Side Gallery, Newcastle, in April and May 2009.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008), born in Rhuddian, was a member of the Magnum Photo agency, and was a war photographer most closely associated with his ground-breaking work in the Vietnam war.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trolley Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1904563708
• ISBN 13: 9781904563709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240