The Photobook: A History Volume III
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger
Phaidon
English
Hardcover
320 Pages
250 x 290 mm
2014
ISBN 9780714866772
The third volume in an authoritative and comprehensive series, The Photobook: A History volume III provides a unique perspective on the story of contemporary photography through the genre of the photobook. Continuing in the vein of the first two volumes, Volume III is a study of the major trends and movements that have shaped the photobook genre globally since the birth of photography in the early nineteenth century. Volume III pays particular attention to photobooks published after World War II, covering contemporary themes of modern life, from diaristic photography of place and people to twentieth-century propaganda books and some of the finest works to emerge from the recent self-publishing boom. The Photobook volumes represent a valuable catalogue of rare and important photobooks, and since Phaidon published Volume I in 2004, are now regarded by academics, students and photobook bibliophiles as the definitive works on this subject.
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About the Artist
Martin Parr (b. 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.
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(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Parr)
Gerry Badger is a British photographer, architect and photography critic. He has published a number of books, among them Collecting Photography (2002), The Genius of Photography (2007) and The Pleasures of Good Photographs (2010), for which he was given the Infinity Writer’s Award by the International Center of Photography (New York) in 2011.
(source: https://www.cccb.org/en/participants/file/gerry-badger/225028)
About the Publisher
Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts. We work with the world’s most influential authors to produce innovative books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, food, and travel, and illustrated books for children. Phaidon has a long and distinguished history as an art-book publisher with over 1,500 titles in print.
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