出版社/著者からの内容紹介
マーティン・パー(1952 年生まれ)は現在活躍中の最も著名で影響力のあるイギリス人写真家の一人。人生と社会を率直に記録することで評価が高い。入門書となる本写真集は、パーの全経歴を網羅。初期の白黒写真と、この5 年間にわたって撮影された未出版の写真、『The Last Resort 』や『Think of England』といった主要なプロジェクトからの写真を含む。パーは多くの写真集の編集者でありコレクター、そして長年のマグナム会員である。この新刊は、これまでにファイドン社から出版された回顧的作品『Martin Parr 』、『Think of England』、『Boring Postcards 』、『The Photobook: A History Volume 1 and Volume 2 』よりも求めやすくなっている。
Book Description
Martin Parr (b. 1952) is one of the best-known and most influential British photographers working today, acclaimed for his frank chronicling of life and society. This introductory monograph charts Parr's entire career including early black and white photographs, unpublished images made over the last five years, and works from all his major projects, including THE LAST RESORT and THINK OF ENGLAND. Parr is a prolific book-maker and collector, as well as a long-standing member of the Magnum photographic agency. This new title is an affordable companion to his other Phaidon publications which include his retrospective, MARTIN PARR, THINK OF ENGLAND, BORING POSTCARDS, and THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY, VOLUME I and VOLUME II. The book includes an introductory essay by Sandra S. Phillips, the highly-regarded curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; assesses Parr's contribution to photography; and provides a witty, insightful analysis of the photographs.
