Ray's a laugh

Richard Billingham
Ray's a laugh

Photographs: Richard Billingham

Text: Richard Billingham

Publisher: Scalo

96 pages

Year: 1996

Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket, 285 x 215 mm. First edition, 1996. Text in english. Edgewear to top corner of the spine with beginning of a tear otherwise in very good condition. Included in The Photobook by Parr & Badger, vol.2.

This book is about my close family. My father Raymond is a chronic alcoholic. He doesn't like going outside and mostly drinks homebrew. My mother Elizabeth hardly drinks but she does smoke a lot. She likes pets and things that are decorative. They married in 1970 and I was born soon after. My younger brother Jason was taken into care when he was 11 but is now back with Ray and Liz again. Recently he became a father. Ray says Jason is unruly. Jason says Ray's a laugh but doesn't want to be like him.

Richard Billingham