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England: The Last Hurrah Dafydd Jones

England: The Last Hurrah By Dafydd Jones

England: The Last Hurrah by Dafydd Jones

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Summary

This follow-up to the acclaimed Oxford: The Last Hurrah shines fresh light on the antics and opulence of the English upper classes in the 1980s.

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England: The Last Hurrah by Dafydd Jones

...the panorama of a self-forgotten milieu. - Monopol
Toffs behaving badly: 1980s high society in photos. - The Times

The pictorial equivalents of Evelyn Waugh's sentences. - The New Yorker
Modest though he is, Dafydd's photographs will endure for having perfectly captured a society on the brink of decline. Unmissable listening. - Country & Townhouse podcast

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. - Dafydd Jones

Throughout the 1980s, award-winning photographer Dafydd Jones was granted access to some of England's most exclusive upper-class events. Now, the author of Oxford: The Last Hurrah presents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations.

With 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.

Praise for Oxford: The Last Hurrah

'Sublime vintage photographs...' - Hermione Eyre, The Telegraph

'In The Last Hurrah...we see familiar faces from British high society poised on the brink of adulthood.' - Eve Watling, Independent

England: The Last Hurrah Reviews

...the panorama of a self-forgotten milieu. - Monopol
Toffs behaving badly: 1980s high society in photos. - The Times
Society photographer Dafydd Jones on the special edition of his book capturing the Oxford of the 1980s. - Tatler
The pictorial equivalents of Evelyn Waugh's sentences. - Tina Brown, The New Yorker
In England: The Last Hurrah (ACC Art Books), photographer, Dafydd Jones, provides an inside look at the fan- tastical pomp and promenading of England's upper crust from a bygone era. - Flaunt Magazine
Photo London offers a host of panels, book signings, workshops, and exhibitions-don't miss Dafydd Jones's England: The Last Hurrah, photographs that document the Eton picnics and tony birthday parties attended by the country's upper echelons in the 1980s. - Airmail
Modest though he is, Dafydd's photographs will endure for having perfectly captured a society on the brink of decline. Unmissable listening. - Country & Townhouse podcast
The image, along with others from the time, appears in a new book, England: The Last Hurrah (ACC Art Books), by photographer Dafydd Jones, who has worked for The Times, The Daily Telegraph and Tatler in a career that started in the 80s. - Waitrose Weekend
A nostalgic remembrance of things past, Jones's newest photo book, England: The Last Hurrah, is a brilliant pre-social media feed of saucy snaps that are sure to entertain. - Guest of a Guest
Dafydd Jones has been photographing the great and good at play for five decades...we sat down with Jones to discover more about his candid photography. - Digital Camera World
...presents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations. - Antique & Collectors Trader
Learning on the job, Jones developed his signature style, blending charm, mayhem, and wit into a whirlwind tour of balls, regattas, hunts, polo matches and weddings. Now, Jones looks back one that pivotal era in the new book, England: The Last Hurrah (ACC Art Books). - Huck
The photos taken by Dafydd Jones during his Tatler years are now brought together in a collection, England: The Last Hurrah, published by the English house ACC Art Book. We see teenagers smoking cigars, students throwing young women into fountains, splashing themselves with whipped cream and doing just about anything that comes to mind. - Vanity Fair France
Are the 'Bright Young Things' still enjoying the limelight? The party exploits of the gilded generation lit up the 80s with some even catching the attention of Hollywood - but as CLAUDIA JOSEPH finds out, for some those days now seem a world away. - The Mail on Sunday
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. - Vanity Fair
Parties are a theater, the photographer Dafydd Jones says. And I just try to take photographs of the characters in that theater. - Airmail
Photographer Dafydd Jones's latest book, England: The Last Hurrah is a fly-on-the-wall account of eighties upper-class England at its most riotous and vulnerable. - Amateur Photographer
...irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations. - All About Photo
With a new volume of photos having just been published, we sat down with Jones to discover more about his candid photography and what has changed since he attended high society events in the early 1980s. - Digital Camera

About Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Jones (b.1956) grew up in Oxford and started working for the Bodleian Library aged 16. His pictures of the Oxford University 'Bright Young Things' launched his career. With work published in the Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New York Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, Independent and Oldie, his photography is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Hyman Collection of British Photography, London; the Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol; the Opsis Foundation, New York; and the Yale Museum of British Art, New Haven.

Additional information

GOR013097972
9781788842198
1788842197
England: The Last Hurrah by Dafydd Jones
Dafydd Jones
Used - Very Good
Hardback
ACC Art Books
2023-04-13
144
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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