About The Book
Since the late 1950s, photographer David Hurn has taken photographs of people engaged in the act of reading. He had captured moments of repose and absorption in cafes and bars, at dog shows and railway stations, strip clubs, museums, the seaside, film sets, parks and streets. His forthcoming book brings together these images for the first time and is 40 years in the making.
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About The Artist
Born in Surrey, England in 1934, but of Welsh descent, David Hurn is a self-taught photographer who began his career in 1955 as an assistant at the Reflex Agency. He became an associate member of Magnum in 1965 and a full member in 1967. In 1973, he set up the School of Documentary Photography in Newport, Wales. In 1997 he collaborated with Professor Bill Jay on the textbook, On Being a Photographer, which has been in print ever since. Hurn’s book Wales: Land of My Father, was the result of a self-initiated project attempting to discover what is meant by the phrase ‘my culture’. It observed changes taking place in Wales from 1970 until the book’s publication by Thames and Hudson in 2000. In 2016, Hurn was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, and in 2020, the he was the recipient of a Lucie Award for Achievement in Documentary. He lives and continues to work in Wales.
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Specifics
On Reading by David Hurn published by RRB PhotoBooks in December 2024 | Hardcover with Jacket | 15.5 x 20.4cm | 64 pages. Link.
