Product Details
Hardcover
1 pages
Aperture
Published 1996
Amazon.com
Nick Waplington published his first collection of photos, Living Room, documenting life in a housing project in Nottingham, England, in 1991. The Wedding a second collection of photos from Nottingham, takes the marriage of Janet and Clive as a loose organizing principle. In months of work, Waplington captured the sometimes disheveled existence of working men and women who revel in the difficult lives they lead. Whether they capture children scrambling over furniture or neighbors enjoying a beer and a smoke together, these photographs convey with great intimacy the telling details of lives that are rich with tumultuous emotions and deep friendships.
From Publishers Weekly
The 73 color photos here seem artless: the working-class English subjects look like slobs; the house is a mess and overrun with rowdy kids. Yet even stuffy readers will have a great time at this wedding. Waplington's pictures suggest he's a simple guy who enjoys hanging out with his mates, few of whose names we learn since there are no captions and only a brief preface. The pictures unfold the story, leading up to the wedding day of Janet, who is white, enormously fat and the mother of five... read more |
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