Colin Jones
'The Lump', Dockers waiting for work, Liverpool Docks, England, 1963
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
18.5 x 28 cms
7 4/16 x 11 1/16 ins
Series: 3. Grafters
10111
Literature
Colin Jones, Grafters, Phaidon, London, 2002 (illustrated pp.98-99, double page)
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso Also initialled CJ and dated 1963 beneath the image. Stamped, 'Copyright Reserved' Inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'Printed Early 1970's'; '10005-CJ'....
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
Also initialled CJ and dated 1963 beneath the image.
Stamped, "Copyright Reserved"
Inscribed in pencil on the reverse "Printed Early 1970's"; "10005-CJ". Also inscribed "England Liverpool Docks The Lump"
Blindstamp, bottom right margin, "Photographed and Printed by Colin Jones"
The Hyman Collection includes published and unpublished photographs from Colin Jones important series, Grafters. Colin Jones followed an unusual path into photography, having been a dancer with the Royal Ballet until his late 20s. While on tour in the north of England he began to take pictures of the mining communities and it was not long before he had given up dancing to begin his new career, landing a job at the Observer alongside photographers such as Philip Jones Griffiths and Don McCullin. Jones' subjects are working people: miners, shipbuilders, dockers and dancers. Grafters (Phaidon Press 2002) assimilates Colin Jones' best work to date.
Timelessly captivating, it is a revealing tale of industrial post-war Britain, and a moving portrait of poverty and physical hardship endured with dignity.
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Also initialled CJ and dated 1963 beneath the image.
Stamped, "Copyright Reserved"
Inscribed in pencil on the reverse "Printed Early 1970's"; "10005-CJ". Also inscribed "England Liverpool Docks The Lump"
Blindstamp, bottom right margin, "Photographed and Printed by Colin Jones"
The Hyman Collection includes published and unpublished photographs from Colin Jones important series, Grafters. Colin Jones followed an unusual path into photography, having been a dancer with the Royal Ballet until his late 20s. While on tour in the north of England he began to take pictures of the mining communities and it was not long before he had given up dancing to begin his new career, landing a job at the Observer alongside photographers such as Philip Jones Griffiths and Don McCullin. Jones' subjects are working people: miners, shipbuilders, dockers and dancers. Grafters (Phaidon Press 2002) assimilates Colin Jones' best work to date.
Timelessly captivating, it is a revealing tale of industrial post-war Britain, and a moving portrait of poverty and physical hardship endured with dignity.
British Photography / The Hyman Collection