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SEARCHERS OF THE LOST TOMES.(The Photobook: A History, vol. 2)(Book review)
Publication: Afterimage Publication Date: 01-MAR-07 Author: Hirsch, Robert
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COPYRIGHT 2007 Visual Studies Workshop
THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY (VOLUME II)
COMPILED BY MARTIN PARR AND GERRY BADGER
NEW YORK: PHAIDON PRESS, 2006
336 PP./$75.00 (HB)
The impetus for The Photobook: A History comes from Martin Parr's intuitive understanding of the medium as a working photographer and his passion for collecting photo books. He utilizes his worldwide travels as a working photographer to unearth new books that most readers have never seen. Parr says, "I love the intimacy of the book and how it can open up and reveal itself. The whole idea of a book exploding into life is something I really like." (1) This outlook lead Parr to initiate a joint project with photo historian and critic Gerry Badger to "reorientate the importance of the photobook, which has not been given the...
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