Tony Ray-Jones was a British documentary photographer who died in his early 30’s. In the short time Jones had he became a huge influence in documentary photography. Even though Jones career only lasted a decade his use of: irony, compassion, nostalgia and humor continue to inspire photographers such as Martin parr and many other documentary photographers. His aim as a photographer was to photograph everyday moments and highlight their sense of irony and British humour.  Ray-Jones was not recognised for his work until 2004 when his book ‘England By The Sea’ was published after Ray-Jones’s death. Ray-Jones focused his attention to busy areas such as beaches and towns, these were the best places for Ray-Jones to create his pictures because there was plenty of opportunity to capture out of the ordinary moments within everyday life.

I chose to Research Tony Ray-Jones work because this is the kind of work I personally aspire to make for this documentary image making unit. Ray-Jones’s work is relevant to my own project because i am also photographing everyday situations and trying to find something different or humorous about them. Ray-Jones shot his work on film, I like this choice because it gives his photographs a really nice contrast and a hint of grain to the images, This is the effect  want on my images, from researching Tony Ray-Jones I am going to shoot some 35mm around London to see what images I can get.