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In September 2009 Martin Parr sent his friend and colleague Joachim Schmid a VIP pass to the Berlin Art Forum, that he had recently received. He thought nothing of this, as he was sending Joachim something else anyway and knew full well, he would be unable to attend. Joachim saw this as an opportunity to visit the fair and take photos in the spirit of Martin Parr. He was to be Martin Parr for the 23rd September. For those that know anything about Joachim, this is a big surprise, as his career in the art world is based entirely on orchestrating other people’s photographs.
Joachim then invited Martin to be Joachim Schmid, and he decided to trawl through the “Martin Parr, We Love You” group on Flickr. This was established a few years ago as a forum for photographers who had been seemingly influenced by his photographic language. So in the spirit of Joachim Schmid, Martin looked for the most “Parr-like” images. He then wrote to all the selected photographers and invited them to participate in this project, in exchange for a copy of the book. The resulting two sets of images are what you find on these pages.
Fecha de publicación 05 de noviembre de 2009
Dimensiones Cuadrado pequeño 40 páginas Papel estándar
Categoría Arte y fotografía
Etiquetas photography, identity
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rupertcooke dice
runningwild...absolute bull.
publicado 04 de abr. a las 11:20 PST
dukedesilver dice
Got you,
Schmidt is well known too.
Nearly had you didnt I?
Ha.
publicado 15 de mar. a las 15:18 PST
dukedesilver dice
Martin Parr is one of the most recognised photography faces on Earth, a Magnum pro if you like. Now as for Joachim if he is indeed real and not some hilarious stunt pulled by Parr, well knowing Parrs work and humour then well lets say its the best kept secret in the photo book collecting world.
publicado 15 de mar. a las 15:13 PST
JamesWhitake dice
This is a great idea for a book, and very enjoyable! Good stuff!
publicado 25 de ene. a las 15:19 PST
runningwild dice
This is self indulgence by two professional photographers who think they are both very well known ... I had never heard of either, ever . One is clearly a serious outstanding professional, the first one in the book; thz second series of photographs could be binned, frankly . It is time that the western world stopped this self denigration of itself and started seeing something sensible in these daily images - after all people were a whole lot dirtier, poorer and nastier when cartier bresson started out and look what he did - compared to the master who had far less adequate technical ressources this is the work of a spoilt child
publicado 18 de ene. a las 01:55 PST
jrejorai dice
Joachim Schmid is Joachim Schmid
publicado 08 de ene. a las 08:53 PST
shinephoto dice
Imitation may not always be the purest kind of flattery but this book is one more acknowledgement of the impact that Martin Parr's work has had on the medium. Whether you are a fan or ot you have to concede that very, very few British photographers have even come anywhere close.
publicado 01 de ene. a las 16:22 PST