THE ALLURE OF THE MUNDANE

Britart/”Sensation” photographer Richard Billingham has had a rapid rise to fame; one minute he was taking pictures of his speed-addled brother playing video games and his mum smoking fags – the next minute, his work was being collected by Saatchi, Rockefeller and New York’s Metropolitan Museum. He and his family are a bit bemused: “has no one seen a dog licking the floor before?” – Irish Times