Common Sense [Hardcover]

Martin Parr (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2002

Common Sense combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr’s trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life—hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs—that have been taken around the world.

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About the Author

Born 1952. Member of Magnum Photo Agency. Parr is recognised as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. Regular features in major magazines and newspapers and has been exhibited throughout the world. Held in the following collections: George Eastman House (Rochester), MOMA, Seagrams Collection (New York), Getty Museum (Malibu), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing; First Edition edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1899235078
• ISBN-13: 978-1899235070
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,390,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Closer Look, July 16, 2000

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This review is from: Common Sense (Hardcover)

It has long seemed that the formal possibilities of social documentary photography have been fully explored, not to say exhausted. Then Martin Parr comes along with his macro lens and ring-flash set-up and shows us a new way to see things that surround us. Hilarious, acerbic, and, in its reliance on color film's ability to luridly render saturated colors, uniquely photographic. Nacio Jan Brown, Berkeley, CA