The Photobook: A History Volume III

by Martin Parr & Gerry Badger

Photographs: various photographers

Text: Martin Parr & Gerry Badger

Publisher: Phaidon

320 pages

Pictures: colour and black & white illustrations

Year: 2014

ISBN: 978-0714866772

Comments: 29 x 25 x 3,4 cm.

The third and final volume in Phaidon’s acclaimed Photobook series, hailed as ‘the most important contribution to the field since modern histories of photography began to appear in the early 20th century’ (photo-eye). This comprehensive study of the contemporary photobook brings the history of the genre fully up to date, highlighting over 200 books dating from World War II to the present day. Photographer Martin Parr and co-author Gerry Badger offer a fresh approach to photographic history, focusing on the development of photography in its published form and covering key genres such as conflict, memory, society, place and desire .

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