{"title":"David Hurn","description":"David Hurn was born in England in 1934 of Welsh parentage. It was as a freelancer that he gained an international reputation for his reportage of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. He later gave up current-affairs coverage for a more personal perspective on photography. He became a member of the prestigious Magnum Agency in 1967, and during the seventies established the acclaimed School of Documentary Photography at Newport, Wales. Since leaving there he has photographed and taught around the world.","products":[{"product_id":"wales-as-is","title":"Wales As Is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWales As Is\u003c\/em\u003e – a new collection of work by Magnum photographer David Hurn – offers a meditation on the national character of Britain’s smallest country. His subject is the geography, topography, history and landscape of Wales which he presents with unsentimental clarity, in his signature documentary style. The collection gently interrogates Wales’s propensity for self-mythology and romanticism, capturing the bathos and humour prevalent in everyday life, juxtaposing the spirit of the landscape with the demands made on it by industry, housing and transport. Richard King’s accompanying essay examines the position of the landscape and its idealisation within Wales’s conception of itself. His words give lyrical context to images which are by turn arresting, troubling, thought-provoking and joyful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54120796225921,"sku":"9781781727539","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/files\/jpg_rgb_1500h_86ba0a2f-4a28-4ce9-8158-c40f4ff60fab.jpg?v=1752241564"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/david-hurn\/richard-king.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}