Jon Tonks

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Jon Tonks (born 1981) [1] is a British documentary photographer. He was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Vic Odden Award in 2014 for his book Empire. [2]

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Early life and education

Tonks was born in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. He studied design then worked as a local newspaper photographer. Later he earned an MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography from London College of Communication. [1] [3] [4]

Life and work

Tonks' first book Empire (2014) is about four small far-flung territories that remain under British rule: Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island, Saint Helena, and the Falkland Islands. [3] Beginning in 2007, Tonks spent five years working on the project and travelled around 50,000 miles; he "spent a month in each territory, and over a month at sea getting to them". Sean O'Hagan, reviewing the book in The Observer, wrote that "Tonk mixes portraiture and documentary to show how important post-colonial tradition is to the survival of these communities and how their adherence to a kind of old-fashioned Britishness can make them seem culturally as well as geographically isolated in our increasingly globalised world." An accompanying text mixes historical fact and anecdote. [5]

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Other exhibitions

Awards

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Vic Odden". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. 1 2 Houghton, Max (2015-09-14). "Island life: the last outposts of the British Empire". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  4. "Information & Contact". Jon Tonks. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  5. O'Hagan, Sean (2013-12-29). "Empire by Jon Tonks – review". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  6. Padley, Gemma. "Images from the faded and forgotten last outposts of the British Empire". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  7. "'There was a prophecy I would come': the western men who think they are South Pacific kings". The Guardian. 2021-11-27. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. Padley, Gemma. "Photography - what's on". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  9. "Jon Tonks: Empire". Impressions Gallery. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  10. Seymour, Tom. "On show at Format – Jon Tonks' Cargo". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2024-10-20.