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Martin Parr: Parrworld

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Creators: Thomas Weski, Martin Parr
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book

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Format: Box Set
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.2
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 7.8 x 3.1

ISBN: 1597110698
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9781597110693
ASIN: 1597110698

Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Product Description
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 IParrworld: Objects and Postcards/I, a luscious 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, IObjects,/I 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 IObjects/I is the first publication to document Parr's 25-plus years of such collecting, IPostcards/I 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 IBoring Postcards/I territory with a selection of cards promoting motorways and shopping. brIObjects/I is introduced by Parr and IPostcards/I features an introduction by Thomas Weski, curator of the companion exhibition, IParrworld/I. This remarkably designed set is bound to appeal to a wide audience, but in particular to Parr collectors who thought they already owned everything Parr. brBMartin Parr/B, born in Epsom, England in 1952, is the author of more than 30 photography books, including IOur True Intent Is All For Your Delight, Boring Postcards/I and IMexico/I. His photographs are held by museums worldwide, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Modern, London. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos.

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