Photographic Realism: The Art of Richard Billingham

One of the most captivating and provocative artists of the Sensation generation, Richard Billingham (b. 1970) came to prominence in the late 1990s with his visceral photobook Ray's a Laugh, a slice of everyday life in a high—rise sink estate in the British West Midlands. This book is the first comprehensive discussion of Billingham's art practice. Articulating the socio—historical, aesthetic, geographical as well as anthropological aspects of Billingham's art, the book situates his work wit...