{"product_id":"richard-billingham-rays-a-laugh","title":"RICHARD BILLINGHAM \/ Ray's a laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Billingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRay's a laugh  \u003c\/em\u003e2024\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e32 x 23.5cm\u003cbr\u003eMACK, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: new\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billingham’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRay’s a Laugh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 Billingham’s 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. This new edition restores Billingham’s original vision for his deeply personal work for the first time. Including numerous unseen images and a distinct approach to sequencing inflected by Billingham’s training as a painter: it constitutes a ‘director’s cut’ and reintroduces a vital and consistently challenging work for a new era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe publication of this new edition is accompanied by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRay’s a Laugh: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, edited by Liz Jobey, which traces the book’s compelling history from Billingham’s ‘discovery’ at Sunderland University, through his Turner Prize nomination, to the present reworked edition. See \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRay's a Laugh: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/landslide.sydney\/products\/liz-jobey-ed-rays-a-laugh-a-reader\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"RICHARD BILLINGHAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49385195045145,"sku":"","price":155.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/5024\/2841\/files\/Folio_291.jpg?v=1721476872","url":"https:\/\/landslidebooksandobjects.com\/products\/richard-billingham-rays-a-laugh","provider":"Landslide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}