Anthony Jones (born 1962) is an
English photographer known for his
black and white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a range of shades of grey.
Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. ...
photos of the urban environment.
Jones was born in London, but moved to
East Anglia
East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in ...
during his childhood. He uses a
Hasselblad medium format camera to make black and white, square, silver-gelatin prints of
London and the
Art Deco masterpiece,
Battersea Power Station. His work has been exhibited at the
Victoria and Albert Museum and photo galleries, published in photography magazines, and licensed by the
Corbis stock photography library. Jones' self-portrait has been exhibited at the
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...
.
His work is part of a six-month group exhibition at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.
Sources
Interview with Sophie Martin-CastexRoger Watson on Anthony Jones Canary Wharf snaps help world famous photo museum
External links
Jones's siteAnthony Jones talks about "Once We Were Africans"
(BBC article)
1962 births
Living people
English photographers
British portrait photographers
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