Jon Tonks is a documentary photographer based in the United Kingdom. He is known for long-term projects that focus on history, place, and the lives of people.
Empire is a photobook documenting the present-day realities of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, and the Falkland Islands, all of which were once part of the British Empire. Through careful images of everyday life and landscapes in places where the historical legacy of the British Empire remains, the book quietly asks how the idea of “empire” continues to exist in the present.
Combining a sense of humor and intimacy with a documentary approach grounded in careful research, this book is one of Jon Tonks’s representative works. It brings into view the traces of Britishness and the histories embedded in these remote islands.
Empire Jon Tonks Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014 200 × 253 × 25 mm Age-appropriate wear
