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"The seaside has to be one of the most fascinating places for people-watching. It is a place where we relax and lose our inhibitions, and that’s when true personalities come on display." (© Martin PARR)
"The beach has become a recurrent theme in contemporary photography, and has featured in PARR’s photographs since early in his career.
[In this book] Martin PARR is bringing together his pictures in a limited-edition photo album (1000 copies) signed by the photographer. The work is bound in the Japanese style: the photographs themselves are inserted by hand in die-cut slots, and protected by glassine pages." (publisher's note, © Barral, 2012)
"In the United Kingdom, one is never more than 75 miles away from the coast. With this much shoreline, it’s not surprising that there should be a thriving British tradition of seaside photography.
American photographers may have invented street photography, but according to photographer Martin PARR, 'in the U.K., we have the beach!' Here, he asserts, people can relax, be themselves and indulge in mildly eccentric British behavior.
PARR has been photographing this subject for many decades, in close-ups of sun bathers, rambunctious swimmers caught mid-plunge and the eternal sandy picnic. (His career, in fact, could be traced back to the 1986 publication of 'The Last Resort', which depicted the seaside resort of New Brighton, near Liverpool.)
This compilation, 'Life's A Beach', presents photos of beachgoers on far-flung shores, including those of Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand and of course, the U.K.
Published to accompany the launch of an exhibition at the 'Lyon Photo Festival', this book brings to the forefront PARR’s engagement with a cherished subject.
Featuring a Japanese binding and a front cover embossed with a seashell pattern, each copy of this ultra-collectible publication contains unique, beach-related paper ephemera from PARR’s own collection.
The photographs themselves are inserted in die-cut slots, and protected by glassine pages." (publisher's note)
"The seaside has to be one of the most fascinating places for people-watching. It is a place where we relax and lose our inhibitions, and that’s when true personalities come on display." (© Martin PARR)
"The beach has become a recurrent theme in contemporary photography, and has featured in PARR’s photographs since early in his career.
[In this book] Martin PARR is bringing together his pictures in a limited-edition photo album (1000 copies) signed by the photographer. The work is bound in the Japanese style: the photographs themselves are inserted by hand in die-cut slots, and protected by glassine pages." (publisher's note, © Barral, 2012)
"In the United Kingdom, one is never more than 75 miles away from the coast. With this much shoreline, it’s not surprising that there should be a thriving British tradition of seaside photography.
American photographers may have invented street photography, but according to photographer Martin PARR, 'in the U.K., we have the beach!' Here, he asserts, people can relax, be themselves and indulge in mildly eccentric British behavior.
PARR has been photographing this subject for many decades, in close-ups of sun bathers, rambunctious swimmers caught mid-plunge and the eternal sandy picnic. (His career, in fact, could be traced back to the 1986 publication of 'The Last Resort', which depicted the seaside resort of New Brighton, near Liverpool.)
This compilation, 'Life's A Beach', presents photos of beachgoers on far-flung shores, including those of Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand and of course, the U.K.
Published to accompany the launch of an exhibition at the 'Lyon Photo Festival', this book brings to the forefront PARR’s engagement with a cherished subject.
Featuring a Japanese binding and a front cover embossed with a seashell pattern, each copy of this ultra-collectible publication contains unique, beach-related paper ephemera from PARR’s own collection.
The photographs themselves are inserted in die-cut slots, and protected by glassine pages." (publisher's note)
- Book design
- Xavier BARRAL
- Format
- Slipcased, canvas covered pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 32,5 x 24,5 x 3 cm., 80 pp., color ills., text ?