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Empire
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Artikel-Nr:
9781907893490
Veröffentl:
2014
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.11.2014
Seiten:
188
Autor:
Christopher Lord
Gewicht:
934 g
Format:
254x200x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Born in the West Midlands in 1981, Jon Tonks studied product design before becoming a staff photographer on a local newspaper. He moved to London to take a master's degree in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography at London College of Communication, and it was during his studies that he undertook a trip to Ascension Island which was to launch the 'Empire' project. Winner of an AOP award, Tonks has been published widely in the UK national press and his work is in a number of private collections. 'Empire' is his first book.
Empire is a fascinating journey across the South Atlantic exploring life on four remote islands - the British Overseas Territories of Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, the Falkland Islands and St. Helena - relics of the once formidable British Empire, all intertwined through their shared history. Jon Tonks spent up to a month at a time in each territory, travelling 60,000 miles around the Atlantic via military outposts, low-lit airstrips and a long voyage aboard the last working Royal Mail Ship. Some 400 rolls of film, 24 flights and 32 days at sea later, the resulting work creates an insight into these distant places that resonate with a sense of Britishness which is remarkably recognisable yet inescapably strange.