Richard Billingham (1970) – is among the Young British Artists. He was nominated in 2001 for the Turner Award, and became famous in a series where he took portraits of his family living in a typical block of flats in Cradley Heath. Ray’s Laugh (1996) shows the artist’s father – Ray – an unemployed alcoholic, and his morbidly obese mother Liz, a jigsaw puzzle enthusiast.

Photo: Richard Billingham, Untitled, 1995

© Richard Billingham,

Courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery, Londyn

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