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James Ravilious (1939, Eastbourne - 1999). An English photographer. Son of the artist Eric Ravilious.
Ravilious studied at St. Martin's School of Art in London, and then served as a teacher at Hammersmith College for seven years. He began to photograph around 1972, taking it up seriously after he moved to North Devon in the mid 1970s, to be 'photographer in residence' in The Beaford Centre. He is noted for his long-term comittment to photographing English rural life, making nearly 90,000 images. His work is often likened in historical importance to that of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Further reading
Hamilton, P.E. An English Eye: The Photographs of James Ravilious (1998)
External links
jamesravilious.com (http://www.jamesravilious.com/)
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