Utterly Lazy and Inattentive
Rizzoli International Publications (Verlag)
978-0-8478-7646-4 (ISBN)
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Martin Parr is the brilliant, understated, enigmatic British artist who transformed photography as we know it. As the world s leading documentary photographer, he has spent decades observing, ironizing, questioning, and celebrating modern life, and his photobooks take us from Scotland to Australia, Senegal to California, and everyone from his 740k Instagram followers (15% US) to former Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele and Elton John (who is a big Parr enthusiast having used a series of Parrphotographs as the backdrop for his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tour). Parr is unusual a titan of the art world who is also beloved by the general public. In his bid to capture the brilliant, bittersweet absurdity of modern life, he transformed art photography with his compositions of deadpan, mundane snippets of life rich in humor, irony, and questioning. It was Parr who brought outdoor flash and color into the exhibition room (and was promptly expelled by Magnum Photos for doing so he later became Magnum s president). He has received numerous prizes and lifetime achievement awards all over the world. He also uses his platform to champion emerging photographers through the Martin Parr Foundation, and his work is, in turn, celebrated and supported by younger artists. The book features two master storytellers Martin Parr and the oral historian Wendy Jones joining forces to create a uniquely vibrant portrait of one of the world s best photographers. What follows is a journey only Martin could devise: a journey which, in one hundred carefully selected pictures and stories, will showcase the extraordinary depth and range of Martin s work; and tell the story of Martin s life, his practice, and his philosophy (as well as his collection of Saddam Hussein watches).
Martin Parr CBE is a documentary photographer, photojournalist, and collector known for his intimate, satirical, and anthropological photographs exploring everyday modern life, especially British society and the impact of wealth on the Western world. He has published numerous books based on major photodocumentary projects including The Cost of Living, Small World, and Common Sense. The Martin Parr Foundation opened in Bristol, England, in 2017. It houses his own archive, his collection of prints and books, and is a hub for exhibitions, screenings, talks, and events. Wendy Jones is the author of The Sex Lives of English Women: Intimate Questions, Unexpected Answers, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl: The Biography of Grayson Perry as well as two novels, The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals and The World is a Wedding. Based in London, she also writes for television.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 210 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 244 x 181 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8478-7646-2 / 0847876462 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8478-7646-4 / 9780847876464 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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