Bøger af Martin Parr

”Den bedste fotograf, du aldrig har hørt om”, skrev det britiske magasin Creative Review i 2007 om Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920-2013). Han var den første dansker, der for alvor arbejdede med kameraet som kunstnerisk redskab til at skabe fotografier, der skulle beundres for deres æstetiske og grafiske kvaliteter. Han omsatte sine iagttagelser af den moderne verden til iøjnefaldende, nytænkende billeder. Da han som 28-årig udgav den banebrydende 122 Farvefotografier (1948) vakte det opsigt verden over, og et uddrag blev bragt i det amerikanske LIFE magazine. Bogen blev Keld Helmer-Petersens visitkort til fotografiets førende land, som efter Anden Verdenskrig, var USA.Keld Helmer-Petersen – Photographs 1941-2013giver et retrospektivt blik på fotografen Keld Helmer-Petersens imponerende karriere, der strakte sig over syv årtier. Keld Helmer-Petersen fotograferede den moderne verdens arkitektur, industri og strukturer – fra de største former til de mest undseelige detaljer. Tilsammen bliver hans billeder et slags visuelt opslagsværk over en æra. Keld Helmer-Petersen havde et særligt blik for den skjulte skønhed og værdi, som ligger i den verden, vi ellers troede vi kendte.Keld Helmer-Petersen eksperimenterede livet igennem med fotografiets grænser. Han samarbejdede med en lang række arkitekter, billedkunstnere og forfattere – og dyrkede fotografiet i grænsefeltet mellem maleri, grafik, arkitektur og design. Dog formåede han livet igennem at fastholde en tydelig visuelle identitet. Bogen demonstrerer, hvordan hans værker er enestående, både i en dansk og en international kontekst.Keld Helmer-Petersen er repræsenteret i samlinger i både Danmark og udlandet, bl.a. andet Museum of Modern Art (New York), Museum Folkvang (Essen), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Brandts (Odense), Statens Kunstfond og en serie af hans værker udsmykker togstationen i Københavns Lufthavn. Fra den 14. juni 2019 og frem til den 18. januar 2020 kan Helmer-Petersens værker opleves på udstillingen Finding Beauty i Den Sorte Diamant.Bogen indeholder en introduktion af Mette Sandbye, professor og institutleder ved Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab, et essay skrevet af tidligere leder af Museet for Fotokunst i Odense, Finn Thrane. Hvert kapitel introduceres kort af fotografen selv, og hans nære ven og kollega fotograf, Jens Frederiksen, der har bidraget med teksten Black Noise. Afslutningsvis bringes et interview med Keld Helmer-Petersen af den verdenskendte engelske fotograf Martin Parr.Keld Helmer-Petersen – Photographs 1941-2013er en ny, opdateret og revideret udgave af Keld Helmer-Petersen – Photographs 1941-1995, der udkom i 2007.

This is a fully revised and updated edition of Martin Parr's highly successful book Autoportrait which was first published in 2000. Redesigned, it features a playable 'labyrinth' puzzle on the front cover and includes a large number of new images taken since its first publication. The book shows the remarkable shift from analogue to digital photography that has taken place over the period. For the last thirty years, when Martin Parr has travelled on assignment throughout the world he has had his portrait taken - whether by a local studio photographer, a street photographer, or in a photo booth. The result is a true celebration of portrait taking - ranging from elaborate studio sets reminiscent of the heyday of the Victorian studio photographer, through to digitally manipulated images of Parr as Mr Universe, or images horrendously re-touched by a studio in their attempts to flatter him. Presented in chronological order, the photos follow Parr as he ages gently on his travels across continents. As with all Parr's projects the book is not only hilarious but also comments on a world beyond the frame - not only in the apparent cultural differences between countries but also in its broader social and political references. It also reflects on identity and self, questioning the whole notion of the photographic portrait.

A revised edition of the classic book that launched Martin Parr and transformed the world of documentary photography.

In the last decade there has been a major reappraisal of the role and status of the photobook within the history of photography. Newly revised histories of photography as recorded via the photobook have added enormously to our understanding of the medium's culture, particularly in places that are often marginalized, such as Latin America and Africa. However, until now, only a handful of Chinese books have made it onto historians' short lists. Yet China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and "The Chinese Photobook" will reveal for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. This volume is based on a collection compiled by Martin Parr and Beijing- and London-based Dutch photographer team WassinkLundgren. And while the collection was inspired initially by Parr's interest in propaganda books and in finding key works of socialist realist photography from the early days of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution era, the selection of books includes key volumes published as early as 1900, as well as contemporary volumes by emerging Chinese photographers. Each featured photobook offers a new perspective on the complicated history of China from the twentieth century onward. "The Chinese Photobook" embodies an unprecedented amount of research and scholarship in this area, and includes accompanying texts and individual title descriptions by Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung and Gerry Badger.

Martin Parr's collection of photobooks is one of the finest to have ever been assembled and The Protest Box is a boxset which brings together five books from that collection as facsimile reprints. Parr has selected diverse books which each deal with the subject of protest in quite different ways. From the documentation of various protest movements to the actual book being a form of protest, all these reprints are gems within the history of photographic publishing. A few are known but many are new, even to the connoisseur of photography books. All these books are virtually impossible to locate, so these reprints will make a substantial contribution to our understanding of this sub-genre of the photobook. The box set is accompanied by a booklet which includes an introduction by Martin Parr, an essay discussing the wider context of these books by Gerry Badger, and English translations of all the texts in the books. Enrique Bostelmann América: un Viaje a traves de la injusticaFirst published in 1970 by Siglo I Editores, Mexico City; Bostelmann, a Mexican photographer, journeyed through Latin America looking for examples of injustice, such as the exploitation of indigenous Indians who were forced into factories and menial jobs. Paolo Gasparini Para verte major, América LatinaFirst published in 1972 by Siglo I Editores, Mexico City; Gasparini, an Italian born photographer who has lived in Caracas most of his life, traversed Latin America to document the contrast between communism and capitalism. The book also documents and uses graffiti and graphics to emphasis his polemic. Dirk Alvermann AlgeriaFirst published in 1961 in Berlin, GDR; Alvermann, a photographer originally born in West Germany, published his book about both sides of the Algerian conflict in East Berlin. The radical design was inspired by Russian film stills. Kitai Kazuo SanrizukaFirst published in 1971 by Nora-Sha, Tokyo; a classic protest book which shows the huge popular uprising inspired by the proposed building of Narita airport. Paolo Mattioli and Anna Candiani Immagini del NoFirst published in 1974 by Occhio Magico No 11, Milan; this small format book documented various protests in Italy, from the Feminist Movement to Anti-Fascism marches.

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, when a third of the country's population attended Mass in Knock and Phoenix Park in Dublin, as well as gay weddings and start-up companies in 2019. It is difficult to think of a country that has changed so dramatically in this relatively short space of time. Parr lived in the West of Ireland between 1980-82. He photographed traditional aspects of rural life, such as horse fairs and dances, but also looked at the first hint of Ireland's new wealth in the shape of the bungalows that were springing up everywhere, replacing more traditional dwellings. During subsequent trips to Ireland he explored the new estates around Dublin and the introduction of the first drive-through McDonald's. Parr also looked at the North and documented how, after the Good Friday agreement, the Troubles became the focus of a new tourist boom. The final chapter of this book portrays a contemporary Dublin where start-up companies are thriving, the docks area is being gentrified and where icons of wealth and modernity - such as the flat white - can be everywhere. Ireland has also now voted to allow both abortion and gay weddings, developments that would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. The book includes an introduction by the acclaimed journalist Fintan O'Toole.

The great documentary photographer Martin Parr collaborates with the duo behind "Toiletpaper" Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, with these parties united by their visual wit, irony and irreverence across images which challenge the conventional gaze.

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 and affectionate afterword on life in the iconic institution.

Photography and pop-culture buffs, get out your crayons and colored pencils! Martin Parr¿s colorful and tongue-in-cheek photographs¿his comedy of contemporary manners¿have been transformed into a coloring book. Here is Parr¿s affectionate and hilarious catalogue of human foibles¿bad fashion choices, messy foods, trashy souvenirs and the tourists who buy them¿rendered afresh. The book¿s eighty pages are packed with the most iconic and beloved Parr images, made into original drawings by Jane Mount, offering hours of coloring entertainment.

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, together with commentary by poets, art historians and photo theorists.

Over the last four years Martin Parr has been working on a commission for Multistory photographing the Black Country. It was an area he knew little of, other than its reputation as a densely populated, post-industrial area; one in decline. Many of the industries that once made the Black Country great have declined, but numerous small factories and manufacturing businesses remain in good health. A degree of regeneration has also come as a result of the many immigrant communities that have made the Black Country their home. The region is now populated with many different communities - Polish, Sikh and Somali to name but a few. Parr has explored workplaces, temples, churches, shops, clubs and societies. Wary of neglecting the day-to-day experience, he also photographed in the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, in shops such as Tesco, in bars, clubs and nightclubs as well as in leisure facilities such as gyms, sports centres and spas. One particular focus of this new series is on portraiture, an aspect of Parr's work that has really blossomed through the project.

Includes "America: un Viaje a traves de la injustica", "Para verte major, America Latina", "Algeria" "Sanrizuka", and, "Immagini del No".