Boring postcards USA

Martin Parr

Parution le 05/02/2004

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Résumé

In Boring Postcards Magnum photographer and postcard enthusiast Martin Parr brought together 160 of the dullest postcards of 50s, 60s and 70s Britain to make a book that was, contrary to the conceit of its title, both fascinating and extremely funny. It was one of those ideas that seemed so obvious that no one could believe it hadn't been done before, and it caught the public imagination in a big way. In Britain Boring Postcards was discussed everywhere from daytime TV shows to art and design magazines, from local newspapers and radio stations (outraged that their town should be labelled 'boring'), to Time magazine.

Now Martin Parr has turned his attention to the USA for a new book of Boring Postcards. Just as before, for a postcard to qualify as sufficiently 'boring', either its composition, its content, or the characters featured must be arguably boring or the photograph must be absent of anything which might conventionally be described as interesting.

As the study of postcards becomes a field of academic interest, this book offers more than amusement: as a folk art recording of the non-places and non-events of the postwar America, it reveals poignant insights into its social, cultural and architectural values.

L'auteur - Martin Parr

Figure majeure de la photographie contemporaine, Martin Parr est né à Epsom, dans le Surrey, en 1952. Il se fait connaître par la publication de photos de la plage de New Brighton près de Liverpool, The Last Resort. Grand collectionneur de livres et de cartes postales et photographe très productif, Martin Parr a connu un succès mondial avec la série des Boring Postcards chez Phaïdon. Martin Parr vit à Bristol et travaille pour Magnum Photos.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Phaidon
Auteur(s)	Martin Parr
Parution	05/02/2004
Format	21 x 15
Couverture	Broché
Poids	415g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780714843919
ISBN13	978-0-7148-4391-9