Postcards
Martin Parr, Thomas Weski
Featuring 650 cards, selected by Martin Parr himself from his unique postcard collection of over 20,000 cards, its contents are presented in the manner of a postcard album. A highly entertaining journey into the themes of Parrworld, it is also a serious study of postcard history through the 20th century.
Presented in 20 chronologically sequenced chapters, the book opens with British postcards from the beginning of the century, made to mark notable local news events such as car crashes, murders, lightning strikes and acts of suffragette vandalism and ends in Boring Postcards territory with a selection of late 20th century postcards promoting new motorways, airports and shops.
Chris Boot
2008
Hardcover
19 x 31 cm
336 pages
£40
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Martin Parr, Thomas Weski
Featuring 650 cards, selected by Martin Parr himself from his unique postcard collection of over 20,000 cards, its contents are presented in the manner of a postcard album. A highly entertaining journey into the themes of Parrworld, it is also a serious study of postcard history through the 20th century.
Presented in 20 chronologically sequenced chapters, the book opens with British postcards from the beginning of the century, made to mark notable local news events such as car crashes, murders, lightning strikes and acts of suffragette vandalism and ends in Boring Postcards territory with a selection of late 20th century postcards promoting new motorways, airports and shops.
Chris Boot
2008
Hardcover
19 x 31 cm
336 pages
£40
Enquire