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martin parr: common people at the beach | pastiche de verão


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Benidorm (Common Sense 70, sometime between 1995-'99

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BELGIUM. Knokke. 2001.[lF][lF]Contact email: New York : photography@magnumphotos.com Paris : magnum@magnumphotos.fr London : magnum@magnumphotos.co.uk Tokyo : tokyo@magnumphotos.co.jp Contact phones: New York : +1 212 929 6000 Paris: + 33 1 53 42 50 00 London: + 44 20 7490 1771 Tokyo: + 81 3 3219 0771 Image URL: http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&IID=29YL53BDLE8&CT=Image&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm

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“Are you sure you want to live like common people
You want to see whatever common people see”

[Common People, Pulp]

“A Place in the Sun – Martin Parr’s Beach Photos 1985-2015”, Barbado Gallery (Lisbon, Portugal), from Sept. 12 to Nov. 11, free entrance 

For the very first time, the awarded British photojournalist Martin Parr, president of Magnum Photos (he is a member since 1994), shows his work as a solo artist in Portugal. Known by his satirical approach on everyday life and intense use of color, Parr has, from 1985 to 2015, selected 25 photos to illustrate his vision of common people’s Summer. Going to beach is not always about glamour, perfect bodies and best choices, right?


Roupa de banho de gosto duvidoso, corpos flácidos, areais onde não cabe nem mais um chapéu e, como não, as inconformáveis peúgas brancas usadas com sandálias. Tudo isto, e mais alguma coisa, faz as delícias do premiado fotojornalista britânico Martin Parr, atual presidente da prestigiada agência Magnum (de que é membro desde 1994), que selecionou 25 fotos de praia, tiradas entre 1985 e os dias de hoje, para a sua primeira mostra individual em Portugal. Um olhar satírico, mas não condescendente, sobre a vida dos comuns mortais quando vão a banhos.

Words by jms | Photos by Martin Parr | © 2015. All rights reserved

 

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