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Martin Parr’s Beach Therapy at the Rocket Gallery

This week I went to the opening of Martin Parr’s new exhibition ‘Beach Therapy’ which show cases Parr’s latest work documenting the beaches of the UK, Italy, Spain and Argentina. In the past three years he has been utilising a telephoto lens to shoot subjects from a distance, this is quite a departure form his usually way working. The use of a telephoto lens flattens the perspective and crates playful juxtapositions with blurred subjects in the foreground to create something quite different from his previous work.

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Nine Recently Acquired Photography Books / Publications

A little run down of the photo books I’ve acquired, most of which I got by attending photographer’s talks and book launches which means I get to pick up rare photography books and don’t have to pay postage. Some of the books are readily available on amazon while others will be a little harder to get hold of.

Photography books by J A Mortram, Stuart Griffiths, Giles Duley Leonard, Freed Iain, McKell Simon, Roberts Jason, Larkin Ewen, Spencer Martin, Parr Antonio and Zazueta Olmos

If this leaves you hungry for more check out my other photo book recommendations in these blog posts: Three recently acquired photographic publications by Jim Mortram, MiniClick and Tom Groves and Three recently acquired photo books by Maciej Dakowicz, Martin Parr and Sam Hiscox

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Only in England: Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr exhibition at the London Science Museum’s new Media Space

The London Science Museum has opened its new Media Space Gallery with its first exhibition “Only in England”, showcasing work from Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr. The Media Space Gallery was set up in partnership with the National Media Museum in Bradford to show the National Photography Collection which the National Media Museum houses. The space is now one of the largest photographic galleries in London and each exhibition at the Media Space Gallery will also be shown in National Media Museum in Bradford.

Jaws Queue - Copyright Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

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Three recently acquired photo books by Maciej Dakowicz, Martin Parr and Sam Hiscox

In the past two months I have acquired three amazing photo books by Maciej Dakowicz, Martin Parr and Sam Hiscox that I like to tell the rest of the world about.

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London Photography Festival 2012

The London Photography Festival (LPF) opened this week (1st of June) with multiple exhibitions across the Kings Cross area of London. I was luckily invited to the pre-launch day and launch party. I did not get to see all the shows as they are not all open yet but what I did see was really interesting. I have written a little about some of the shows below. It’s not intended to be a must see list of exhibitions from the festival as I would definitely recommend taking a day checking out all the work as most of the venues are walking distance from each other. The festival runs from June 1st – June 30th.  All the info on the exhibitions, talks and workshops can be found on the LPF website.

images by Arnhel De Serra, Ewen Spencer and Steve Bloom

Images above by Arnhel De Serra, Ewen Spencer and Steve Bloom.

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Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories

There are only a few more weeks left to check out Martin Parr’s new show Black Country Stories at The Public in West Bromwich (Birmingham). I was lucky enough to be invited to the private view. Being in West Bromwich I was expecting something low key because the last Parr show I had been invited to was at a working mans club in Cardif. This was not the case, The Public is a huge super modern gallery / arts facility. Its a pretty big exhibition and worth travailing to, I came 140 miles and I thought it was well worth it.

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It’s all happening in Cardiff

It’s all going off in Cardiff, Photography wise that is. The Third Floor Gallery is opening in Cardiff with a new show by Peter Dench titled Love UK. The show is an exploration of what love is in the UK. … Continue reading

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Joachim Schmid Is Martin Parr and vice versa

The photo on the left is by Stuart Mackenzie. I recently got a photograph published “Joachim Schmid Is Martin Parr – Martin Parr Is Joachim Schmid”. It’s an interesting little book project where Joachim Schmid went to the Berlin Art … Continue reading

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