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.

By the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. 'It's what I will do for the rest of my life, until I drop dead.' I knew when I was very young. It was a definite decision. Don't ask me why. I just knew it was the right thing.When Martin Parr was fourteen, his teacher wrote that he was 'utterly lazy and inattentive' in a school report. He went on to become one of the most successful and sought-after photographers in the world. Martin has published over one hundred photobooks on many different subjects, from seaside resorts to smoking, over his career. Now, for the first and only time, Martin has produced a book about himself, telling his own story, in his own words.This autobiography combines over 150 of Martin's photographs - from his earliest snapshots to the work he is doing today - with his recollections and reflections on each image. We meet a boy growing up in suburbia, who collects obsessively and notices everything. We see him exploding into the public consciousness in the late eighties with a series of startling, ultra-saturated colour images of the British seaside - and scandalising the photography establishment in the process. We see society changing over the decades, from the demise of steam trains, through the opening of the first McDonald's in Moscow, to the transformations of the post-pandemic world.As Martin shares his story, his distinctive voice delicately captured by his friend, the writer Wendy Jones, he also reveals his approach to work and commissions; his tricks for gaining access and getting the shot; and he divulges his particular passions: for crowds and queues, fetes and placards, bad weather on beaches, and more.This is the definitive account of a great photographer's career, curating the work that has defined his life. By looking at the world through his eyes and his lens, we come away seeing Martin Parr - and ourselves - a little differently.

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.

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".