Tom Hunter - Living in Hell and Other Stories

Tom Hunter is a London-based photographer of international renown for his engaging, distinctive, and often provocative re-creations of Old Master paintings. Featuring selections of the bold images that established Hunter's reputation, together with new work, this book conveys the artist's deep concern with depicting the lives of the residents of Hackney, East London, as captured in the headlines of Hunter's local newspaper, the Hackney Gazette. These startling, sometimes tragic, stories are retold in carefully staged photographs, whose compositions are frequently derived from paintings in the National Gallery.

About the author

Tracy Chevalier is the best-selling author of several art-historical novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring (2000), Falling Angels (2002) and The Lady and the Unicorn (2004); Colin Wiggins is Deputy Head of Education at the National Gallery and is the co-author of Ron Mueck (2003) and John Virtue: London Paintings (2005).

Product details

• Authors: Tracy Chevalier, Tracy/ Wiggins Chevalier, Colin Wiggins, Robert Wiggins
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2006
• EAN: 9781857093315
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-331-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 248 mm x 6 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV