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England has always been the favorite subject of Magnum photographer Martin Parr. *Tender Albion* is a humorous, dogmatic, affectionately satirical, and colorful photographic essay on the identity of England. At a time when Scotland and Wales are consolidating their status as nations and Great Britain is beginning to lose ground, this book reignites the debate on what it means to be English today.
English to the core himself, Martin Parr’s greatest achievement as a photographer is his ability to make the obvious seem surprising and to reinvent the clichés ofEnglishness, transforming them into provocative revelations. Parr’s English odyssey takes him through Ascot, seaside resorts, flower borders, charity sales, cucumber sandwiches and cups of tea, white beans in tomato sauce, and ugly shoes. Parr had already enriched England’s visual vocabulary; this book, the first specifically devoted to his country, intelligently continues that work. Both affectionate and brutally direct, all the photographs were taken with a camera equipped with a ring flash (usually used for medical photography), a device Parr has been using for four years.
Published by Phaidon, 2000
19.5 cm 27.5 cm, 144 pages, in very good condition
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England has always been the favorite subject of Magnum photographer Martin Parr. *Tender Albion* is a humorous, dogmatic, affectionately satirical, and colorful photographic essay on the identity of England. At a time when Scotland and Wales are consolidating their status as nations and Great Britain is beginning to lose ground, this book reignites the debate on what it means to be English today.
English to the core himself, Martin Parr’s greatest achievement as a photographer is his ability to make the obvious seem surprising and to reinvent the clichés ofEnglishness, transforming them into provocative revelations. Parr’s English odyssey takes him through Ascot, seaside resorts, flower borders, charity sales, cucumber sandwiches and cups of tea, white beans in tomato sauce, and ugly shoes. Parr had already enriched England’s visual vocabulary; this book, the first specifically devoted to his country, intelligently continues that work. Both affectionate and brutally direct, all the photographs were taken with a camera equipped with a ring flash (usually used for medical photography), a device Parr has been using for four years.
Published by Phaidon, 2000
19.5 cm 27.5 cm, 144 pages, in very good condition
ISBN
