{"title":"Dafydd Jones","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dafydd-jones-social-x-rays-new-york-1988-1990","title":"Dafydd Jones: Social X-rays - New York 1988–1990","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCafé Royal Books, established in 2005, is a small family-run publisher based in England, focussing on documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, printed and bound locally by a small 170 year old printing company. In 2022 Café Royal Books received the Royal Photographic Society Award for Photographic Publishing.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eView more \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCafé Royal Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Café Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44173000507650,"sku":"BK-CRB-DJSXR-001-H","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_5239_354195bb-bd24-4316-9abe-e4c5140e1e79.jpg?v=1791392868"},{"product_id":"dafydd-jones-england-the-last-hurrah","title":"Dafydd Jones: England - The Last Hurrah","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the 1980s, award-winning photographer Dafydd Jones was granted access to some of England’s most exclusive upper-class events. Here he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the crack of a hunting rifle and a spray of champagne, these photos give an almost cinematic account of high-society England at its most riotous and its most vulnerable. Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, globalisation, the Falklands War, rising stocks and dwindling inherited fortunes, Jones reveals the inner lives of the established elite as they party long into the night-time of their fading world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I wondered if the party guests I’d photographed were just re-enacting a nostalgic fantasy, an imaginary version of England that already no longer existed.'  \u003cstrong\u003eDafydd Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'With the empire mired in deep Brexit doldrums, perhaps a nostalgic dose of time travel is in order. Please, have a gander at The Last Hurrah.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ACC Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48173195723010,"sku":"BK-ACC-DJETLH-001-K","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_8520_e0bdc129-e1ef-40fe-a4a3-51b9bd2cc7ac.jpg?v=1790000329"},{"product_id":"dafydd-jones-oxford-the-last-hurrah","title":"Dafydd Jones: Oxford - The Last Hurrah","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis important photo book visually documents student life at Oxford University during the 1980s and is a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e powerful record of the future British establishment. We see\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a world that has been written about and dramatised, yet never photographed. It pokes critical and affectionate fun at its subjects while celebrating English eccentricity. From the architectural marvels of the colleges to misty mornings along the river at dawn, this is Oxford at its most beautiful - and the students of the 1980s at their most raw and honest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this time, Oxford University was synonymous with the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged. Many of the young people in these pictures moved on to have careers in the establishment including Boris Johnson and David Cameron. In these photographs, however, their youth is undeniable: teenagers in full suits celebrate the rise of Thatcher in England and Reagan in America, in between punting on the river, chasing romance and partying through the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'I had access to what felt like a secret world. It was a subject that had been written about and dramatised, but I don't think any photographers had ever tackled before. There was a change going on. Someone described it as a 'last hurrah' of the upper classes.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDafydd Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ACC Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48173315752194,"sku":"BK-ACC-DJOTLH-001-D","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_8518_8c83257f-e73a-4f29-a365-ddf2fe6190bf.jpg?v=1790000308"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/dafydd-jones.oembed","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}