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Anthony Gordon Boxall, FRPS (Tony Boxall, 1929–2010) was a British amateur photographer, known for his portrayal of Gypsy life in Britain in the early 1960s. ==Life and career== Boxall was born on 15 December 1929 in Redhill, Surrey. He left school at 14, and did manual labour while attending evening classes at Redhill Technical College, gaining City and Guilds qualifications in technical subjects.〔Brian Raywid, "(Tony Boxall obituary )", ''Guardian,'' 23 January 2011. Accessed 2 February 2011.〕 Boxall thereafter worked in a bookmaking company, in the 1960s running its shop in Horley. After a customer persuaded him to accept a folding camera to settle a gambling debt, Boxall taught himself how to use it. Boxall was a fast learner; he switched to a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) and energetically attempted to turn professional. This ambition failed but he became an accountant and did much for the Dorking-based Newspaper Press Fund (later renamed the Journalists' Charity).〔 Tony Boxall was made an associate of the Royal Photographic Society in 1966. He received the fellowship in 1969.〔http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jan/23/tony-boxall-obituary〕 After photographing a Gypsy couple in a Gypsy caravan from his car one day in 1964, ignoring shouted abuse and driving on, Boxall felt remorseful and searched them out to apologize and give them prints. He eventually succeeded and after initial suspicion was allowed to continue photographing them.〔 He did this with two TLRs, one loaded with black and white film and the other with colour.〔Gemma Padley, "The gypsy life", ''Amateur Photographer,'' 1 March 2008, pp. 51–53. Available (here ) (PDF); accessed 3 February 2011.〕 The photographs, taken from 1964 to 1968, show a warm family life amid poverty and lack of amenities.〔 Some of those in black and white were published in book form in 1992; Boxall had delayed as he had felt unqualified to write text that in the end was provided by Brian Raywid.〔 Boxall also sold the photographs via agencies, and in 2007 estimated that this had earned him £70,000.〔Jasmine Birtles, "(Snap to it: there's a gallery in cyberspace for your shots )", ''The Independent,'' 7 October 2007. Accessed 3 February 2011.〕 Boxall died in Horley on 18 December 2010.〔〔Chris Cheesman, "(Renowned amateur photographer Tony Boxall dies )", ''Amateur Photographer,'' 14 January 2011. Accessed 3 February 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Boxall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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