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Boring Postcards: USA

Door Martin Parr

Categorie
Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer
#372597-AF13
Titel
Boring Postcards: USA
Auteur
Parr, Martin
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
London : Phaidon Press Limited
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
0714840009
ISBN13
9780714840000
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, numerous illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, unpaged, oblong (circa 15.5x21cm).
Samenvatting

In Boring Postcards Magnum photographer and postcard enthusiast Martin Parr brought together 160 of the dullest postcards of 1950s, 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 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, ... (Lees verder)its content, or the characters featured must be arguably boring or the photograph must be absent of anything that 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 post-war America, it reveals poignant insights into its social, cultural and architectural values.
Pagina's
176
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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