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Martin Parr - We Love Britain

Martin Parr - We Love Britain

We Love Britain! Photographs

by Martin Parr
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/10/2014

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What does Hanover have to do with the United Kingdom and British Magnum photographer Martin Parr? Quite a lot, actually! Firstly, Hanover is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the coronation of Hanoverian Prince-Elector George Louis as King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Secondly, the Sprengel Museum Hanover felt that no one was better suited than Martin Parr when it came to taking a tongue-in-cheek look at local Anglo-German history. Parr set out at the museum's behest in search of things British in and around Hanover. He visited the Lady Di Club in Hameln; the "Britfest" in Paderborn; the reenactment group "King's German Legion" in Hanover; a local celebration in honor of the Queen's birthday; the world's largest marksmen's festival, held annually in hanover; and British garrisons that were preparing to pull out. Under the fraternal motto "We love Britain!" the upshot of his photographic quest can be viewed at the Sprengel Museum beginning in October 2014 and in the accompanying catalog.
ISBN:
9783829606875
9783829606875
Category:
Individual photographers
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-10-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
280x210x15mm
Weight:
0.63kg
Martin Parr

Martin Parr is arguably Britain's key contemporary photographer, with a unique point of view and unmistakable signature, and with a critical and popular following in the spheres of art, fashion and journalism.

He has been widely published and internationally exhibited: he is very well known across Europe and becoming a major figure in the USA.

Books of his photographs include Bad Weather, The Cost of Living (1991), Small World (1995), The Last Resort Photographs of New Brighton (1997) and Think of England (2000).

His first Boring Postcards book for Phaidon (1999) was a massive success, both in England and around the world.

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