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The first book dedicated to the fashion photography of renowned British photographer Martin Parr
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Martin Parr
Presents photos of beach goers on far-flung shores, including Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand, and of course, the U.K. This book shows author’s…
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This is a new and extensively revised edition of Martin Parr's classic photobook Small World.
First published in 1996 Small World is one of the most popular and most important…
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A fun collection of Martin Parr’s food pictures, which documents the simple notion that ‘we are what we eat
Features Martin Parr’s images of New Brighton, England, a run-down seaside resort on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool.
Martin Parr,Val Williams
The only complete career monograph - updated and expanded.
Since 1982, Paris Audiovisual and the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (MEP) have commissioned great photographers to capture their views of Paris. Taking up the task after Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edouard…
Martin Parr’s affectionate homage to the German culture of allotment gardening
Martin Parr’s (born 1952) Allotment Gardeners is a fond and humorous portrait of one of the great German cliches…
This limited edition of 50 copies includes a print numbered and signed by Martin Parr. The image is titled Gourock Lido, 2004, and features the Gourock Outdoor Pool, a saltwater…
During his long career as a photographer, Martin Parr has always photographed on beaches, particularly in the UK. He has often used the beach as a laboratory to experiment with…
Susie Parr
Martin Parr’s first major body of work, from the mid- 19 70 s, published in book form for the first time
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In this collection, authors transgress and uphold their maternal integrity as they dance at the edge of comfort and take up the challenge of exploring the boundaries of maternal practice-…
Anyone for tennis? Much loved photographer Martin Parr’s unique and evocative pictures capture the spectacle of a year at the Grand Slam tournaments through 85 stunning images
National Portrait Gallery
Martin Parr (b.1952) is a British photographer celebrated as a chronicler of our age. His photography offers viewers the opportunity to see the world from his unique perspective, drawing on…
Following on the heels of Martin Parr’s limited-edition, album-style publication Life’s a Beach, Aperture now presents this beach-friendly mini edition. Parr has been photographing the topic of the beach for…
A satire which looks at tourism worldwide, exposing homogenous ‘global culture’ where in the search for different cultures those same cultures are destroyed.
Magnum photographer Martin Parr’s fabled collection of British postcards.
Over the last four years Martin Parr has been working on a commission for Multistory photographing the Black Country, The scope of the work is extensive and covers workplaces, temples…
This revised and redesigned edition of Martin Parr’s Autoportrait features a playable ‘labyrinth’ puzzle on the cover and many new images. It shows the remarkable shift from analogue to digital…
Martin Parr,Maurizio Cattelan,Pierpaolo Ferrari
ToiletMartin PaperParr is a new, special edition of Toiletpaper published by Damiani. This unique edition celebrates a new suite of pictures presenting a back-to-back of images made in collaboration with…
Phillip Prodger
Only Human is a major new book on prolific British photographer Martin Parr, published on the occasion of his important solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London during…
WassinkLundgren
In the last decade there has been a major reappraisal of the role and status of the photobook within the history of photography. This book focuses on key volumes published…
Martin Parr has been taking photographs in Ireland for 40 years. His work covers many of the most significant moments in Ireland’s recent history, encompassing the Pope’s visit in 1979…
Behind the scenes of "industrial publishing" how factories used photo books to market themselves to potential clients
Massive industrial halls, dirty overalls, spinning gears and smoking chimneys: Factory Photo-Books: The…
This special edition limited to 70 copies includes the book and one gelatin silver print signed and numbered by Parr. The picture is titled Glenbeigh Races, County Kerry, 1983. The…
Lancel, the iconic French fashion house renowned for establishing the handbag as a womenswear essential and inventing the covetable Bucket bag, has set trends throughout its history. Marking its 140th…
Gerry Badger,Martin Parr
An authoritative illustrated survey of the modern photobook.
Martin Parr,Simon Winchester
A wonderful photo-documentary account of a year in the life of Oxford University, created by the renowned photo-journalist Martin Parr. His exquisite behind-the-scenes images are accompanied by Simon Winchester’s witty…
Martin Parr,Richard Hollingham
This fascinating book tells the story of the soviet space dogs, illustrated with legendary photographer Martin Parr’s vintage space-dog memorabilia.
Rimaldas Viksraitis
Slightly insane and wonderfully surreal Martin Parr Rimaldas Viksraitiss images of abandonment in deepest rural Lithuania mix reportage and voyeurism to surreal and disturbing effect. This book is a printed…
Gerry Badger
From the Second World War to Brexit and Covid-19, a vividly written, generously illustrated history of British documentary photography by renowned writer and critic Gerry Badger.
ToiletMartin PaperParr Book limited edition is a high-impact visual volume revealing the most iconic images from the prolific archives of internationally celebrated artist Martin Parr and the duo who created…
ToiletMartin PaperParr Book is a high-impact visual volume revealing the most iconic images from the prolific archives of internationally celebrated artist Martin Parr and the duo who created Toiletpaper, Maurizio…
Patrick Parr
Based on dozens of … interviews with the men and women who knew him then, [this book] is the first …, full-length account of King’s years as a divinity student…
Cattelan Maurizio
The ToiletMartin PaperParr wall calendar for 2020 will feature a new selection of photographs conceived by Martin Parr, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. The main subject of the new issue…
Staged and photographed as though they were perfume bottles or jewelry, Raphael Dallaporta’s images of antipersonnel mines transport these malignant entities far from their customary context and function, refusing easy…
The story of motherhood is told through many voices and in many contexts. When honoured with the task of composing a collective story from our authors’ experiences, we gestured toward…
Eveline Christiana Martin
A detailed historical record of English colonial establishments on the Gold Coast of West Africa during the late eighteenth century, written by historian Eveline Christiana Martin. This book sheds valuable…
Parr Martin
The upcoming ToiletMartin PaperParr wall calendar 2019 features photographs conceived by Martin Parr, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, a back-to-back of images made in collaboration among the three artist. In…
Tony Ray-Jones,David Hurn,Simon Roberts,Martin Parr,Susy Ray-Jones
Featuring works by some of Britain’s best-loved photographers, this book explores our changing relationship with the seaside over the last six decades and holds up a critical and affectionate mirror…
This book provides a scholarly and accessible overview of key methods and approaches in metropolitan research from a uniquely broad range of disciplines.
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WassinkLundgren,Gu Zheng,Raymond Lum,Ruben Lundgren
Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the medium’s culture, particularly in marginalized places such as Latin America and Africa…
This volume highlights the value of the photobook in contemporary visual culture and proposes a reinterpretation of the history of photography through the photobook and photographs printed in books. Nine…
Jim Goldberg,Bruce Gilden,Susan Meiselas,Martin Parr,Paulo Pellegrin
In 2012, the Eastman Kodak Company declared bankruptcy. That same year, a group of ten photographers documented the process in audio and video. This title presents all one thousand images…
