Déjà View
Martin Parr and The Anonymous Project
Hoxton Mini Press
English
Hardcover
144 pages
155 x 205 mm
2021
ISBN 9781914314148
This photobook presents a playful conversation between two collections of photographic work, Martin Parr’s archive and The Anonymous Project. Each double page spread in Déjà View pairs one of Martin Parr’s snapshots with an image from The Anonymous Project’s collection.
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About the Artists
The Anonymous Project is dedicated to collecting and preserving mid-century colour slides from around the world. Started in 2017 by filmmaker Lee Shulman, the project brings to light Kodachrome memories of found amateur photographs, taken from the 1950s through to the 1980s.
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Martin Parr was born in Epsom, Surrey, UK, in 1952. When he was a boy, his budding interest in the medium of photography was encouraged by his grandfather George Parr, himself a keen amateur photographer.
Martin Parr studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic, from 1970 to 1973.
Since that time, Martin Parr has worked on numerous photographic projects. He has developed an international reputation for his innovative imagery, his oblique approach to social documentary, and his input to photographic culture within the UK and abroad.
In 2024 Martin Parr received a Lifetime Achievement Award from La Gacilly-Baden Photo Festival and was recognised as an inductee from The International Photography Hall of Fame.
Martin Parr has published over 120 books of his own work and edited another 30.
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About the Publisher
We are an indie publisher from East London. Our goal is to bring art and photography to a wider audience… and to make books so beautiful you’ll collect them for your grandchildren.
We started Hoxton Mini Press at a time many said, ‘Print is dead’. That inspired us. In an age when everything seems to be going virtual, the book as an object is more important than ever. A book should justify its place on your shelf. And not just on any shelf but on a shelf you are prepared to dust. All too often big art books are aloof and expensive and get covered in the aforementioned dust. We want to make books that both the collector and the non-specialist can enjoy – and that everyone can afford and that, most importantly, remain dust-free.
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