Martin Parr - Home And Abroad - 1993

This is a exceptionally rare copy of Home and Abroad from the wonderful photographer Martin Parr titled Home and Abroad published by Jonathan Cape in 1995.

This book was edited from Parr’s early colour photographs by Mark Holborn and takes the viewer on a journey through modern life. Beginning with the ideal home and family, the book follows a Parr-guided tour through supermarkets, shopping malls, seaside resorts, theme-parks, tourist hot spots and safari parks. This photographic study provides a social observation of our time, bringing together all of Parr's colour projects. It looks at theme park culture, seaside resorts, the middle classes at home and out shopping, the Pyramids, and a Moscow McDonalds. A hilarious social observation of our time, this book links all Martin Parr's various colour projects. It starts in the English home, then radiates out to the world. He passes through theme park culture and seaside resorts, and photographs the middle classes at home and out shopping. He encounters a ubiquitous consumer-culture stretching out of Britain and reaching the foot of the pyramids, the Eiffel tower and beyond.

Martin Parr (1952-2025)was a pioneering British documentary photographer and photojournalist renowned known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1994. Martin Parr has had around 40 solo photobooks published, and has featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide – including the international touring exhibition ParrWorld, a retrospective at the Barbican Arts Centre, London and the Tate.

This book is in good condition - please see photos for more info but does have previous owners name inscribed to front cover.

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