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183 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 22 cm
London : Phaidon Press, 1996., ©1996
Magnum landscape / [foreword, Ian Jeffrey].
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183 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 22 cm
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London : Phaidon Press, 1996., ©1996
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
[London] : Loose Joints Publishing & Martin Parr Foundation, [2021], ©2021
Thames log / Chloe Dewe Mathews ; Marina Warner.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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[London] : Loose Joints Publishing & Martin Parr Foundation, [2021], ©2021
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Boring postcards
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Martin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography and contemporary art. Some accuse him of cruelty, but many more appreciate the wit and irony with which he tackles such subjects as bad taste, food, the tourist, shopping and the foibles of the British. Parr has been collecting postcards for twenty years, and here is the cream of his collection – his boring(...)
Boring postcards
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Martin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography and contemporary art. Some accuse him of cruelty, but many more appreciate the wit and irony with which he tackles such subjects as bad taste, food, the tourist, shopping and the foibles of the British. Parr has been collecting postcards for twenty years, and here is the cream of his collection – his boring postcards. With no introduction or commentary of any kind, Parr’s boring postcards are reproduced straight: they are exactly what they say they are, namely boring picture postcards showing boring photographs of boring places … presumably for boring people to buy to send to their boring friends. All of them are shot in Britain, taking us on a boring tour of its motorways, ring roads, traffic interchanges, bus stations, pedestrian precincts, factories, housing estates, airports, caravan sites, convalescent homes and shopping centres. Some attempt to idealize their subjects, only to fail dismally. Others lack any apparent purpose or interest … but the resultant collection of photographic images is wholly compelling. Boring Postcards is multi-layered: a commentary on British architecture, social life and identity, a record of a folk photography which is today being appropriated by the most fashionable photographers (including Parr), an exercise in sublime minimalism … and, above all, a richly comic photographic entertainment
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February 2004, London
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Michel Campeau : Darkroom
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Darkroom is the first book in a series edited by Martin Parr, for Nazraeli Press, with the aim of presenting work that has never before been published in book form but which most definitely "should have been." This evocative set of images has risen from visits to over darkrooms in Campeau's native Canada, and while it might be a stretch to imagine a less promising subject(...)
Michel Campeau : Darkroom
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Darkroom is the first book in a series edited by Martin Parr, for Nazraeli Press, with the aim of presenting work that has never before been published in book form but which most definitely "should have been." This evocative set of images has risen from visits to over darkrooms in Campeau's native Canada, and while it might be a stretch to imagine a less promising subject matter, the end result is a superb and fascinating tribute to an increasingly rare working environment. Michel Campeau lives and works in Montreal.
Photography monographs
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Martin Parr's vast collections of photography books and postcards are world-renowned. Unbeknownst to many, he is also an obsessive collector of photographic and themed objects. In this publication, a two-volume set, his affinity for focused accumulation is presented with appropriate thoroughness, and with typical Parrian humor. Some of the items in the first volume,(...)
Parrworld
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Martin Parr's vast collections of photography books and postcards are world-renowned. Unbeknownst to many, he is also an obsessive collector of photographic and themed objects. In this publication, a two-volume set, his affinity for focused accumulation is presented with appropriate thoroughness, and with typical Parrian humor. Some of the items in the first volume, Objects, have already achieved notoriety - for instance, the wrist watches featuring Saddam Hussein's visage. Others mythologize well-known figures such as Lenin and the Spice Girls. Then there is the kitsch - from wallpaper to trays and objects commemorating Sputnik, Charles and Di's wedding and 9/11. While Objects is the first publication to document Parr's 25-plus years of such collecting, Postcards is the "last word" on an extraordinary collection of over 20,000 cards. Presented in album format, it is a highly entertaining yet serious study of postcard history, and includes early cards that depict local news events such as car crashes and murders. The book finishes in Boring Postcards territory with a selection of cards promoting motorways and shopping. Objects is introduced by Parr and Postcards features an introduction by Thomas Weski, curator of the companion exhibition, Parrworld.
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224 pages : illustrations (some of which are in color) ; 29 cm
New York : Aperture, [2005], ©2005
Art photography now / Susan Bright.
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New York : Aperture, [2005], ©2005
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399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014], ©2014
The World Atlas of Street Photography / Jackie Higgins ; foreword by Max Kozloff.
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399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014], ©2014
Life's a beach
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Parr photographie la plage depuis des décennies, des séances de bronzage en gros plans à la fougue du nageur en plein plongeon, sans oublier le sempiternel pique-nique au goût de sable. Ce recueil nous présente les meilleurs clichés de son exploration de la beach culture, avec des photos d'estivants prises en Argentine, au Brésil, en Chine, en Espagne, en Italie, en(...)
Life's a beach
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Parr photographie la plage depuis des décennies, des séances de bronzage en gros plans à la fougue du nageur en plein plongeon, sans oublier le sempiternel pique-nique au goût de sable. Ce recueil nous présente les meilleurs clichés de son exploration de la beach culture, avec des photos d'estivants prises en Argentine, au Brésil, en Chine, en Espagne, en Italie, en Lettonie, au Japon, aux Etats-Unis, au Mexique, en Thaïlande et bien sûr au Royaume-Uni.
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142 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
[New York, N.Y.] : CLOG, [2015], ©2015
Landmark / Kyle May (editor-in-chief), Julia van den Hout (editor), Jacob Reidel (editor), Jeffrey Franklin (editor & designer), Archie Lee Coates IV (editor & designer), Stephanie Lee (assistant editor), Thomas Lozada (assistant editor), Dorin Baul (research assistant), Adam Feldman (research assistant), Patrick Sarmiento (distribution manager), Lukas Debiasi (special projects).
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[New York, N.Y.] : CLOG, [2015], ©2015
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This volume includes over 200 publications carefully selected by Martin Parr and the critic and curator Gerry Badger. All the books are accompanied by extensive commentaries by Badger and are illustrated as three-dimensional objects, providing a true sense of them as art works in their own right.
The photobook : a history, volume II
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This volume includes over 200 publications carefully selected by Martin Parr and the critic and curator Gerry Badger. All the books are accompanied by extensive commentaries by Badger and are illustrated as three-dimensional objects, providing a true sense of them as art works in their own right.
Theory of Photography