Martin Parr

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The first comprehensive monograph charting the career of the Magnum photographer.

Edited and written by Val Williams

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Price: £29.95

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Specifications

Paperback
English
250 x 290 mm, 9 7/8 x 11 3/8 in
352 pp
441 colour illustrations, 156 black and white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714843896
ISBN-10: 071484389X

Overview

The first comprehensive monograph charting the career of British photographer and collector Martin Parr (b.1952), best known for his frank chronicling of British life
Features early black-and-white photographs of the 1970s and previously unpublished work, in addition to his most famous projects, including The Last Resort, The Cost of Living and Signs of the Times
Extensive interviews with Parr explore his position as a contemporary artist as well as documentarian of popular culture and consumerism
Includes an appendix illustrating many of Parr's famous collections, from wallpaper to lapel badges and souvenir models

In The Press

'Endless hours of pleasure. This is Britain captured in all its bright brash bawdiness, but celebrated with an artistic sensibility that transforms tackiness into art.' (Guardian)

'One of the world's finest documentary photographers.' (Art Review)

About the author(s)

Val Williams is a well-respected writer and curator based in London. She is contributing editor of Creative Camera magazine and has written for the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph Magazine and the New Statesman, among many others.