Tag: Gerry Badger

The “Real Britain” Postcards – The New Yorker

The “Real Britain” Postcards

In the early nineteen-seventies, a small group of photographers set out to document what they understood to be real British life.

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/real-britain-postcards

In the early nineteen-seventies, a small group of photographers—including Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, and Stephen Weiss—set out to document what they understood to be real British life

October 13, 2014
The photobook according to Parr » British Journal of Photography

The photobook according to Parr

He may look harmless in his open-toe sandals and comfortable sweater, but Martin Parr has been poking a stick at the establishment for nigh on 40 years, agitating for a more prominent status for photography through his own work and all that he admires. Fo

via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/06/the-photobook-according-to-parr/

With The Photobook: A History, Volume III, co-authored by Parr and Gerry Badger, and published by Phaidon, upon us, I was invited to the Bristol-based photographer’s home, to delve into his unrivalled collection of up to 12,000 books, which he’s used to piece together a previously unwritten account of an undervalued aspect of our image culture.

June 7, 2014