Toshiaki Kanayama Dotou/ Years of Violent Change (Scream of Outrage/ Years of Violent Change) Self Published, Tokyo, 1970 © Martin Parr collection

Parr, Meyerowitz and Phaidon at Paris Photo

Hear Martin talk protests and photobooks, meet Joel, get your book signed, and more at this year's Paris Photo

Paris Photo, the world's biggest and most important photo fair, returns to the Grand Palais on Avenue Winston Churchill This coming Friday. The event, which runs 14 - 17 November, draws 164 exhibitors from across the globe this year, and is widely regarded as the biggest and best fine-art photo fair.

Stephen Shore, Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue (21 June, 1975), Los Angeles, California, USA

There are many reasons to attend this year, yet we're especially proud that the British photographer and Phaidon artist, Martin Parr, has put together one of the fair's headline exhibitions. Open Book is a show of photo books organised around the theme of political protest, a subject that Parr also explores in our forthcoming title, Photobook Vol III. Visitors can also hear Martin and his co-author Jerry Badger discuss this exhibition and their series at Friday at 2pm, as part of the of the fair's talks and conversations strand, Platform.

West 46th Street, 1976, by Joel Meyerowitz

The great US photographer, Joel Meyerowitz's work will be on display at the Howard Greenberg booth, as well as at Super Labo's and Danziger's stands. On Saturday at 5pm Joel will be signing books and meeting all-comers at our stand, (EE4). Do drop by at any time if you'd like to buy any title from our current photo book collections too; we'll also have limited signed copies of our Meyerowitz, Stephen shore, Danny Lyon and Hélène Binet titles; you'll also be able to pre-order signed copies there too. In fact, contact us if there's anything you'd like to pick up from us there, and we'll get what you want to you.

Monsoon skies over Biharin, India, 1983 by Steve McCurry

Otherwise, you'll see plenty of works from Phaidon artists on display. Look out for Doug Aitken at 303 Gallery; Gagosian will have photos by Ed Ruscha, Roger Ballen and others; London's Hamiltons gallery will also show some of Ballen's work, alongside Daido Moryiama, Albert Watson and others; there are Guy Bourdin pictures at Michael Hoppen; the Magnum gallery will show René Burri and Elliott Erwitt; Luc Delahaye can be seen at Nathalie Obadia; Nan Goldin is at Oliver J Wood; Danny Lyon can be seen at Edwynn Houk; Steve McCurry at Fifty One; and Stephen Shore at 303 Gallery, Edwynn Houk and Rose Gallery.

Nan Goldin, Flyer for a screening of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency slide show at 8bc in New York. Courteys of Oliver J Wood.

For more, go here. For further information on our Photobook series, go here. For Joel's brilliant collection, Taking My Time, go here. And to browse through our other photo books go here. Buy these and more from the people who made them, here.

The Photobook: A History (Volume II)Martin Parr and Gerry Badger

This book provides a unique perspective on the story of photography through the particular history of the photobook. The second of two extensive volumes, it completes Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s study of the major trends and movements that have shaped the photobook genre since the birth of photography. It represents a valuable catalogue of rare and important photobooks. This volume continues where Volume 1 left off by bringing the story of the photobook fully up to date. Specifications:

Format: Hardback
Size: 290 × 250 mm (11 3/8 × 9 7/8 in)
Pages: 320 pp
Illustrations: 750 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714844336

Martin Parr’s celebrated photographs bridge the divide between art and documentary photography. His studies of the idiosyncrasies of mass culture and consumerism around the world, his innovative imagery, and his prolific output have placed him firmly at the forefront of contemporary art. Parr is a member of the international photo agency Magnum Photos, and has recently extended his interest to film-making. He is an avid collector and maker of photobooks. His own photobooks include The Last Resort (1986), Common Sense (1999) and Boring Postcards (Phaidon Press, 1999). The extensive and only monograph on his work, Martin Parr by Val Williams, is published by Phaidon Press.

Gerry Badger is a critic, curator and photographer. His published books include Collecting Photography (2002) and John Gossage: Berlin in the Time of the Wall (2005) as well as books on Eugène Atget and Chris Killip (both published by Phaidon Press, 2001). He has curated a number of exhibitions, including ‘The Photographer as Printmaker’ for the Arts Council of Great Britain (1981) and ‘Through the Looking Glass: Post-war British Photography’ (1989) for the Barbican Arts Centre, London.

"It is a testament to the strength of [Parr's] argument, and to the quality of the titles he has compiled, that there is indeed a current reappraisal of the significance and value of photographer's books."—The Art Book

"Fascinating... Beautifully illustrated with three dimensional covers and spreads – as with volume I - we really get an impression of the photo books as an 'object'... An essential guide to existing and budding collectors everywhere... By the time you reach the end if you weren't hooked on the photographic book already, you will be."—Laura Noble, London Independent Photography

"[Parr's] international perspective is a major contribution to cultural history."—Ei8ht Photojournalism

"Volume II of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's The Photobook: A History is even more opinionated, eccentric, and invaluable than the first volume."—Photograph

"So many photography books are published these days, but here’s one that makes sense of all the others."—The New York Times Book Review

"To leaf through this book is to journey into the past; its images evoke our existence more poignantly than words can."—Library Journal