The English are known throughout the world for their eccentricity and behavior that leaves many foreigners scratching their heads.
Before his death at the age of 30, photographer Tony Ray-Jones spent the latter half of the 1960s traveling across England trying to capture a disappearing way of life. The Somerset-born photographer was fascinated by the English and their capacity for off-the-wall behavior.
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