Gerry Badger, Signed X2 Martin Parr - Photobook - 2004-2006

Two volumes, both signed on the title page by Martin Parr (1952 - 2025), of these very rare copies of the first two volumes in the English language of the famous series Photobook.

Black hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, all in excellent condition, like new, both for the books themselves and for the dust jackets, which have been protected with transparent plastic.

Books from my personal collection preserved with the greatest care. . Protected shipping with reinforced packaging and guaranteed international postal tracking. In case of multiple purchases, possibility of group shipping with reimbursement of overpaid postal costs via Paypal.

Each volume includes an introduction, followed by various chapters, each of which is itself the subject of a specific text. In each chapter, a large number of books are listed through images (covers, internal pages) and a presentation text. The different books presented occupy a variable space depending on the importance of the presentation and the size chosen to reproduce the images of the pages, which can extend to a double page.

Volume 1, impression 2005. 320 pages.

Introduction
Topography of travels, the first photography books.
Confronting reality, the mirror photography book of the 19th century.
Photography as an art, the book on pictorialist photography.
Eye and photo, the book of modernist photography
The depiction of everyday life, the documentary photography book in the 1930s.
Media and message, a book of propaganda photography.
Memory and Reconstruction: The Post-War Photography Book
The non-decisive moment, the photography book, and the 'stream of consciousness'.
From provocation to reflection: the history of Japanese photography since World War II

Volume 2, impression 2006, 336 pages.

Mirrors and Windows: The Book of American Photography Since the 1970s
Common Market, the European photography book since the 1980s
Other territories, the photography book around the world
Embracing photography, the photography book, artist's book.
Commercial showcase, the corporate photography book
Regards on photography, the editor as an author.
Photographers as witnesses, the 'committed' photography book since World War II.
The Düsseldorf trend, the new photography book.
Here and elsewhere, of modern life and photography.
Epilogue, the ultimate photography book

4.5 kg excluding packaging