Martin Parr: Kleing舐tner (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783960986577)

Martin Parr's affectionate homage to the German culture of allotment gardening

Martin Parr's (born 1952) Allotment Gardeners is a fond and humorous portrait of one of the great German clich駸: the allotment gardener. Photographing in five allotments in D?seldorf and Krefeld, Parr met Mathis, just 15 years old, who runs the garden for his father, a multigenerational operation growing strictly organic fruit and vegetables; he also spoke with young parents who share a garden; with Ingo the cactus breeder; with Michael the miniature train enthusiast and with Petra the "tomato woman.

As always, Parr's images achieve a rare balance of warmth and hilarity. "When people laugh and cry at the same time when looking at my pictures, that's precisely the reaction the pictures evoke in me," he says. "The things are neither fundamentally good, nor bad. I am always interested in portraying both extremes.

Author: Martin Parr
ISBN-10: 3960986572
ISBN-13: 9783960986577
Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.80h x 9.20w x 0.60d