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Trent Parke: Minutes to Midnight Hardcover – April 30, 2013

by Trent Parke (Photographer)

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In 2003, Trent Parke began a road trip around his native Australia, a monumental journey that was to last two years and cover a distance of over 90.000 km. Minutes to Midnight is the ambitious photographic record of that adventure, in which Parke presents a proud but uneasy nation struggling to craft its identity from different cultures and traditions. Minutes to Midnight merges traditional documentary techniques and imagination to create a dark visual narrative portraying Australia with a mix of nostalgia, romanticism and brooding realism. This is not a record of the physical landscape but of an emotional one. It is a story of human anxiety and intensity which, although told from Australia, represents a universal human condition in the world today.

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First published in 2013, Minutes to Midnight sold out the day it was released. And with good reason: Trent Parke, author of the extraordinary The Christmas Tree Bucket, is one of the most talented Magnum photographers . His color and black-and-white photographs can be wild, poetic, ultra-realistic and mysterious, as seen in this reissue featuring ostensibly unrelated observations made during his 90,000-kilometer road trip across his native Australia in 2003. Parke documented the journey in a highly ambitious way, presenting a nation struggling to forge its own identity out of several unique cultures. Combining nostalgia, romanticism and realism, Minutes to Midnight shows an intense and anxious Australia. This dark visual tale is touching one moment and disturbing in the next. (Jonas Cuénin L'Oeil de la Photographie)

“Minutes to Midnight is an apocalyptic book, but they are real documents, they’re real events, real moments in time that have happened,” explains Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Shot over the course of two years and covering over 90,000 km, Minutes to Midnight is a seductively dark, black and white, enigmatic narrative of Parke’s homeland of Australia. (The Editors Juxtapoz)

Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Steidl; First Edition, First Printing edition (January 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3869302054
ISBN-13: 978-3869302058
Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 0.5 x 10 inches
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Average Customer Review: 27 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #641,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #151 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Individual Photographers > Artists' Books
- #502 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Individual Photographers > Monographs
- #942 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Photojournalism & Essays > Photo Essays

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Eric Kim

An incredible post-apocolyptical journey through Australia through the eyes of Trent Parke (don't miss out!)

January 26, 2015

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If you are a street photographer (and love black and white) this is a book that you MUST get for your library. The print quality is phenomenal (Steidl) and the narrative, flow, and sequencing of the book really takes you on an amazing journey.

If I could only have 10 photobooks (while stranded on a desert island) this would be one of them.

What I love most about this book is that it isn't just a collection of "best hits". Trent Parke isn't interested in just making strong single images-- he is interested in storytelling, narrative, and a flow of images. Through the book, you can really get a sense of the post-apocolytical nature of Australia (seen through his eyes) and follow him along this adventure.

It is fascinating to know that he actually developed most of the film for this book while he was traveling, and also in the middle of this book-- his wife (Narelle) gave birth to their son.

As for the images, they are dark, suspenseful, full of emotion-- and ask more questions (than offer answers). You can interpret the photographs however you would like-- but you can see themes of death, rebirth, and life which is very uplifting.

If you want to see an in-depth book review of "Minutes to Midnight" check out my review here: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2014/10/03/street-photography-book-review-minutes-midnight-trent-parke/

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Northernlight

Excellent Work by Mr Parke

June 2, 2014

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Email received from the publisher, Jan 20, 2014 responding to my query about number of copies and printings:

2500 copies; the second run is scheduled for September 14.

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matthias
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MATTHIAS WEGENER
Vertriebs- und Marketingleitung | Marketing Director

Gerhard Steidl GmbH & Co. OHG
Duestere Str. 4
37073 Goettingen
Germany

Good Luck folks, a very nice printing and it's worth the wait.

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Sussan Hemmati

If you like film photography

August 15, 2015

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One of the most creative street photographer I know, except he has an edge, which you can't find it in other street photography books. He is absolutely unique, different, and an old soul inside a young body. I will buy any books he has. There is no wonder Magnum chose him, but I think he is even beyond Magnum. If you like film photography, you will NOT be disappointed in this book, I guaranty.

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Ambrosia

Superb book, with beautiful print quality!

January 31, 2014

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Stunning book, and superb printing! It's a shame that the negative reviews due to production delays and shipping issues are tallied in the overall ratings here on Amazon. From the standpoint of rating the book alone, it is five stars all the way! I'm really happy to have a copy, given that it sold so quickly. Absolutely superb book, and a stunning body of work!

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Michael O.

this is the next best thing.

January 21, 2017

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For those of us who can't afford to purchase a copy of "Dream Street", this is the next best thing.

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Guillermo Barquero

This is an astounding photo book. Parke is some ...

October 17, 2016

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This is an astounding photo book. Parke is some sort of "wizard of lights" but not just that; in this journey captured throughout Australian land he proves to be a classic photojournalist as well. This is an absolute jewel in the history of contemporary photography.

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Bent from Norway

Would give six stars if possible.

January 27, 2015

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A masterpiece. Simply put. I was too late for the first printing, but this second printing is even better. Classic lifestyle slash photojournalism which has influenced several modern photographers. And this is a great feat for a project just over a decade old.
Printing is wonderful, editing is perfect, size and binding etc.

Would give six stars if possible.

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barry

A seminal collection from a once in a generation genius ...

August 20, 2017

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A seminal collection from a once in a generation genius recording dramatic light whilst surveying the milieu of the everyday Australian from the City to the Outback.

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