Background information
"You can learn a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: Across cultures, the beach is the rare public space where all the absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found. Following the success of the limited edition photo album format, this volume was published by Martin PARR as a new object for his beach photography collected in the book 'Life's a Beach'.Content
In the new beach bag size version, this book shows all the traditions and rituals associated with beach life that PARR has been photographing around the world for decades." (freely translated, © Barral Editions, 2014)Additional information
Published in several languages, the photography volume 'Life's a Beach' demonstrates the commercial success of Martin PARR's beach photographs. This was followed in 2019 by another volume on the British Magnum photographer's favorite subject, 'Martin PARR - The Beach Therapy'
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 15,5 cm., 124 pp., 100 color ills., text language: English
Deutsch
English