About The Work
A bespoke special edition of Martin Parr’s major new book on one of his most enduring subjects: people. By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Parr’s photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight.
ABOUT THE PRINT
A quintessential British scene, but one which anyone can relate to. Taken with a telephoto lens the perfect composition and framing make for a photographic gem.
Tenby is a harbour town and resort in Wales, where Martin has a holiday house so this is a special place for him. Martin also loves the beach – over the course of Parr’s career, no subject has occupied him more comprehensively, or more consistently, than the countless small things that make Britain what it is. He probes the clichés of British life giving them fresh consideration… this is a quintessential British scene, but one which many could relate to – simple things in life, nostalgic.
Martin has recently started experimenting with a telephoto lens to photograph from long distances, particularly at the beach. This not only enables him to photograph completely unobserved, but also to explore new ways of graphically organizing space. A photographic gem – the formal composition, the perfect framing of the scene, the figures bottom left on the edge of the frame and top right. A quick capture with the telephoto lens and he didn’t know at the time that it would be so great.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A major new book on Martin Parr explores the photographer's most enduring subject – people – as never before
By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Martin Parr's photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight. This book – published to coincide both with Parr's 2019 exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery and also the date the UK will leave the EU – examines what it means to be human at a time of both change and retrospection. Bringing together new work from the last decade, Only Human explores the concepts of Britishness and national identity through the rituals and habits of everyday life.
Courtesy of Phaidon
About Martin Parr
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Our pick of Phaidon's new art and photography books for fall 2021
- News & Events: Can You Solve This Photo Puzzle by Martin Parr?
- Art 101: 10 All-Too-Real Martin Parr Photographs That Redefine "Food Porn"
- Interviews & Features: 10 Artists to Watch This March
- Interviews & Features: See Massimiliano Gioni's 50 Favorite Phaidon Books
Color pigment print with hardback copy of Only Human
11.00 x 14.00 x 0.10 in
27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm
Print and book signed and numbered by Martin Parr
About The Work
A bespoke special edition of Martin Parr’s major new book on one of his most enduring subjects: people. By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Parr’s photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight.
ABOUT THE PRINT
A quintessential British scene, but one which anyone can relate to. Taken with a telephoto lens the perfect composition and framing make for a photographic gem.
Tenby is a harbour town and resort in Wales, where Martin has a holiday house so this is a special place for him. Martin also loves the beach – over the course of Parr’s career, no subject has occupied him more comprehensively, or more consistently, than the countless small things that make Britain what it is. He probes the clichés of British life giving them fresh consideration… this is a quintessential British scene, but one which many could relate to – simple things in life, nostalgic.
Martin has recently started experimenting with a telephoto lens to photograph from long distances, particularly at the beach. This not only enables him to photograph completely unobserved, but also to explore new ways of graphically organizing space. A photographic gem – the formal composition, the perfect framing of the scene, the figures bottom left on the edge of the frame and top right. A quick capture with the telephoto lens and he didn’t know at the time that it would be so great.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A major new book on Martin Parr explores the photographer's most enduring subject – people – as never before
By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Martin Parr's photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight. This book – published to coincide both with Parr's 2019 exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery and also the date the UK will leave the EU – examines what it means to be human at a time of both change and retrospection. Bringing together new work from the last decade, Only Human explores the concepts of Britishness and national identity through the rituals and habits of everyday life.
Courtesy of Phaidon
About Martin Parr
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Our pick of Phaidon's new art and photography books for fall 2021
- News & Events: Can You Solve This Photo Puzzle by Martin Parr?
- Art 101: 10 All-Too-Real Martin Parr Photographs That Redefine "Food Porn"
- Interviews & Features: 10 Artists to Watch This March
- Interviews & Features: See Massimiliano Gioni's 50 Favorite Phaidon Books
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
Hardback
Size: 245 x 210 mm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in)
Pages: 240 pp
Illustrations: 250 illustrations- The quote dimensions are for the paper size of the print edition. The image size is 9" x 13.5".
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