Life's a Beach (Hardcover)

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Life's a Beach By Martin Parr (Photographer), Martin Parr Cover Image
By Martin Parr (Photographer), Martin Parr
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Wow, Parr's photos are a panic– wonderfully revealing of all kinds of human behavior in countries from Great Britain to Japan to Argentina. People everywhere on a beach somewhere: tanning, eating, frolicking, swimming, reading and enjoying themselves. — Sarah Knight

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Following on the heels of Martin Parr's limited-edition, album-style publication Life's a Beach, Aperture now presents this beach-friendly mini edition. Parr has been photographing the topic of the beach for many decades, documenting sunbathers, rambunctious swimmers caught mid-plunge and the eternal sandy picnic. His international career, in fact, could well be traced to the publication of The Last Resort (1986), which depicted the seaside resort of New Brighton, near Liverpool. What is perhaps less known is that this obsession has led Parr to photograph beaches around the world. This compilation, his first on the topic, presents photos of beachgoers on far-flung shores, including Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand, and of course, the U.K. The compilation brings to the forefront Parr's engagement with a cherished subject matter--that rare public space in which general absurdities and local quirks seamlessly fuse together. This book shows Parr at his best, startling us with moments of captured absurdity and immersing us in rituals and traditions associated with beach life the world over.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781597112130
ISBN-10: 1597112135
Publisher: Aperture
Publication Date: May 31st, 2013
Pages: 123
Language: English