-I wondered if the party guests I-d photographed were just re-enacting a nostalgic fantasy, an imaginary version?of England?that already no longer existed.- - Dafydd Jones
Throughout the 1980s, award-winning photographer Dafydd Jones was granted access to some of England-s most exclusive upper-class events. Now, the author of Oxford: The Last Hurrah presents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations.
With the crack of a hunting rifle and a spray of champagne, these photos give an almost cinematic account of high-society England at its most riotous and its most vulnerable. Against the backdrop of Thatcher-s Britain, globalisation, the Falklands War, rising stocks and dwindling inherited fortunes, Jones reveals the inner lives of the established elite as they party long into the night-time of their fading world.
Praise for Oxford: The Last Hurrah
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