Martin Parr: Life's a Beach
Martin Parr: Life's a Beach
hardback
Published:
20 May, 2013
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781597112130 |
| ISBN10 | 1597112135 |
| Number Of Pages | 124 |
| Item Weight | 460 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Aperture |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
Parr's images captures the constantly changing theater of sandy seasides, from surfers and sunbathers to picnickers and newspaper readers. Tropical prints frame images shot in Parr's journalistic style, creating a nostalgic aesthetic that recalls a timeworn photo album. –Surface Magazine
A series of often hilarious beach tableaux—from grotesque sunbathers to bizarre shade contraptions and socks and sandals—Parr delivers a gentle mockery of humankind and their concepts of leisure. A colour-saturated collection, it charts four decades of interactions between people and the seashore across the world; from Italy to India to Australia –The Sydney Morning Herald
Parr has photographed beach culture for decades, and this beach-bag size collection captures quirky national behaviors around the globe. –The New York Times Book Review
Author's Bio
Martin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography, recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. He has published over seventy photobooks of his photographs, including The Non-Conformists (Aperture, 2013), Black Country Stories (2014), and We Love Britain (2014). His work is also in the collections of museums worldwide, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Tate Modern, London. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos.