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Born
in London in 1936, Colin Jones' creative life followed an unorthodox
trajectory: From a working-class childhood in the East End of London
to dancing in the English
Royal Ballet. Jones bought his first camera whilst on tour in Japan,
running an errand for Dame Margot Fonteyn. He soon
became a photographer for The Observer newspaper in 1962, and never
looked back. Colin Jones is
one of the most celebrated and prolific photographers of post-war Britain.
He has documented facets
of social history over the years as diverse as the vanishing industrial
working lives of the Northeast
(Grafters), delinquent Afro-Caribbean youth in London (The Black House),
and the high-octane
hedonism of Swinging London with his famous pictures of The Who early
in their career
(Maximum Who).
His work has been published in every major publication with any regard
for the image, such as Life,
and National Geographic, as well as in many supplements for the major
broadsheets. He has had
solo exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and
at the Photographers' Gallery in
London, as well as at many other venues Internationally. |
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Blackpool
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