Includes the 1996 photography book Ray's a Laugh by Richard Billingham for contemporary art discourse
Features an extended selection of conversations and essays from 1996 to present day by leading writers
Edited by Liz Jobey with insights from interviews and primary protagonists
Explores the politics of art publication and dissemination
New edition restores the original vision of the book
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In 1996, a book of photographs by an unknown young British photographer was launched on to the London contemporary art market to immediate popular and critical success. The pictures were taken within the claustrophobic, chaotic interior of a Birmingham council flat where t
