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Martin Parr has becomewell known for his collections of photography books and postcards,but he is also a jackdawcollector of photographic and other themed objects.Some collections have already achieved notoriety â for instance his collection of Saddam Husseinwatches (wrist watches featuring photographs of Saddam Hussein, highly popular in Iraq prior to his downfall), and his collection of photographic trays, both exhibited at the 2004 Rencontres dâArles festival in southern France â but until nowthey have not been published in book form.This comprehensive account of eccentric objects collected by Parr over 25 years includes his memorabilia of political leaders and movements (Lenin, Margaret Thatcher and the Minerâs strike, for example), othermythologized characters (Osama bin Laden and the Spice Girls), his collections of photographic trays and kitschwallpaper, objects commemorating the M1 motorway, 9/11, and the Sputnik mission. Ranging between the banal and poignant, they are always hilarious.
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HardCover Pub Date: 2008 07 Publisher: Chris Boot Click on the Google Preview image above to read some pages of this book! Martin Parr has becomewell known for his collections of photography books and postcards. but he is also a jackdawcollector of photographic and other themed objects.Some collections have already achieved notoriety for instance his collection of Saddam Husseinwatches (wrist watches featuring photographs of Saddam Hussein. highly popular in Iraq prior to his downfall). and his collection of photographic trays. both exhibited at the 2004 Rencontres dArles festival in southern France but until nowthey have not been published in book form.This comprehensive account of eccentric objects collected by Parr over 25 years includes his memorabilia of political leaders and movements (Lenin. Margaret Thatcher and the Miners strike. for example). othermythologized char...
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Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 176 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Offers an account of eccentric objects collected by the author, includes his memorabilia of political leaders and movements, other mythologized characters Osama bin Laden and the Spice Girls, his collections of photographic trays and kitsch wallpaper, objects commemorating the M1 motorway, 9 11, and the Sputnik mission. Record # 350564. Seller Inventory # 350564
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Condition: as new. London : Boot, 2008. Hardcover. 175 pp. Condition : as new. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9781905712083. Keywords : PHOTOGRAPHY, Seller Inventory # 218978
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