Chris Boot makes books that explore ideas in photography, publishing provocative contemporary titles by photographers pushing the boundaries of the medium alongside titles that seek to reveal the history of photography afresh. Signed copies and discount prices available now
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Postcards by Martin Parr Introduction by Thomas Weski Hardback, 336 pages 240 x 192mm / 9.5 x 7.5 inches 750 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-905712-10-6 Chris Boot Books
Martin Parr has been a dedicated collector of the humble photographic postcard for 35 years, and this book is the final word on the best of his collection of 20,000 cards...
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Luxury by Martin Parr Hardback, 112 pages Photographs: 83 Colour Trim size: 10 x 10 inches / 254 x 254mm (square) ISBN: 978-1-905712-13-7 November 2009 Chris Boot Books
In his epitaph to the age of conspicuous wealth, Luxury features Martin Parr’s photographs from five years of watching the rich and fabulous at international champagne-fuelled gatherings...
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We English by Simon Roberts Introduction by Stephen Daniels Hardback,112 pages 14.1x11.4” / 360x290 mm 56 Color Photographs ISBN: 978-1-905712-14-4 Chris Boot Books October 2, 2009
A beautiful portfolio of large-format photographs of the English at leisure...
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Georgian Spring - A Magnum Journal by Magnum Photos with an essay by Wendell Steavenson Photographs by Antoine D’Agata, Jonas Bendiksen, Thomas Dworzak, Martine Franck, Alex Majoli, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Martin Parr, Paolo Pellegrin, Mark Power and Alec Soth, with archive photographs by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Foreword by Thomas Dworzak.
Hardback, 264 pages 11.4 x 9.8 inches / 290 x 250mm (upright) Over 240 Colour and B&W duotone photographs ISBN: 978-1-905712-15-1 Chris Boot Books October 2009
A travel journal by 10 Magnum photographers, each pursuing their own theme in contemporary Georgia, which they describe in pictures and words...
With an introduction by Desmond Morris Hardbound in luxury paper with metallic foil 10 x 14 inches / 26 x 36 cm, 128 pages 58 colour plates (each 27”/70cm wide) ISBN 978-1-905712-12-0 Chris Boot Books October 2008
Published in an edition of 3000 copies
Between 2004 and 2007, James Mollison attended pop concerts across Europe and the USA with a mobile photography studio, inviting fans of each music star or band to pose for their portrait outside the gig...
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Beaufort West by Mikhael Subotzky With an essay by Jonny Steinberg and commentary by Mikhael Subotzky Hardbound in cloth 14 x 11 inches / 28 x 35 cm, 80 pages 45 colour plates ISBN 978-1-905712-11-3 Chris Boot Books September 2008
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With its prison in the middle of town, on an island in the highway, Beaufort West is a surreal road-stop that offers everything a traveller might want – food, gas, a place to stay, an hour of sex...
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The World from my Front Porch by Larry Towell Hardback, 224 pages 315 x 250 mm / 12.5 x 9.8 inches Photographs: Album section – 58 duotone Object images – 350 colour Chris Boot Books in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict ISBN: 978-1-905712-09-0 June 2008
Larry Towell’s personal album is a book about his home, its history and the world seen from its viewpoint. Towell’s pictures of his family’s life on their farm is bookended by his family album and history, and by the journeys beyond his front porch, as photographer, poet and storyteller, into the lives and struggles of people dispossessed by conflict. It is both a rage against injustice and the romantic expression of an ideal worth fighting for.
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Objects by Martin Parr Hardback, 176 pages 240 x 192mm / 9.5 x 7.5 inches 500 colour photographs ISBN:978-1-905712-08-3 Chris Boot Books
Featuring almost 500 items gathered by Parr over 30 years, many from online auctions, they depict, in his own words,"his highly personal reflection upon history – shadows of human foible".
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The Memory of Pablo Escobar by James Mollison Exhaustively researched, this visual biography includes photographs from Escobar family albums, pictures by Escobar’s bodyguards, pictures from police files (both shot by the police and taken in raids on Escobar’s premises), and snapshots by the Federal Drug Administration officer who helped hunt Escobar down.... supplemented by contemporary photographs by Mollison of Escobar’s fleet of planes, his private zoo, arms caches captured by the police – and even Escobar’s prison jukebox. A compelling picture story and a landmark in visual journalism....
Hardcover, 368 pages 340 colour and b&w photographs 9.25 x 7 inches, 235 x 178 mm ISBN 10: 1-905712-06-5 ISBN 13: 978-1-905712-06-9 Chris Boot Books November 2007
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The Power Book by Jacqueline Hassink The Power Book, the first survey of Hassink’s photography, takes the form of a travelogue – the best of her photographs from America, Europe, the Middle East and Japan are presented chronologically along with illuminating diary notes and sketches – and is published to accompany her major exhibition ‘The Power Show’...
Hardcover, 192 pages 13.5 x 10.75 inches, 343 x 270 mm 254 colour photographs ISBN 10: 1-905712-07-3 ISBN 13: 978-1-905712-07-6 Chris Boot Books Release: 15 November 2007 Available now from foto8.com!
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I’m A Real Photographer: Keith Arnatt Photographs 1974-2002 Each series explores the conventions of the medium with a distinct edge and humour. Seen together, the threads and themes of Arnatt’s work connect to make a coherent statement about the act of photography and its relationship to the history of art. The narrative of Arnatt’s unique journey in photography proves surprising, provocative and – ultimately- moving...
By David Hurn and Clare Grafik Hardcover 152 pages, 240 photographs 235 x 210mm ISBN 13: 978-1-905712-05-2 Chris Boot Books in association with the Photographers’ Gallery
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Parking Spaces by Martin Parr, Limited Edition Between 2002 and 2007, Martin Parr photographed ‘the last parking space’ available in 41 countries – somewhere you could have parked your car, had you been there at the time...
Hardback 88 pages, 63 Colour Photographs 36.5 x 27.5 cm Luxury edition of 1000 copies Chris Boot Books
Alter Ego explores the personal and social identities being shaped in the metaverse at the beginning of the 21st century. Portraits of online gamers and virtual-world participants from America, Asia and Europe are paired with images of their avatars, with profiles of real-world and virtual characters...
Hardcover (with lenticular double image) 160 pages, 140 colour photographs 305x145mm ISBN 10:1-905712-02-2 Chris Boot Books
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Welcome to Pyongyang by Charlie Crane Charlie Crane’s large-format photographs of Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, were taken on three visits between 2005 and 2006. His landscapes and portraits are presented here in the manner of a guidebook...
with an introduction by Nicholas Bonner Hardcover, 240 x 190 mm 144 pages, 65 colour photographs ISBN 10: 1-905712-04-9 Chris Boot Books, April 2007
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Motherland by Simon Roberts The result of photographer Simon Roberts’ one year journey, Motherland is a bold visual statement about the nature of contemporary Russia, fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union….
with an introduction by Rosamund Bartlett Hardback, 240 x 192 mm 192 pages, 152 Colour photographs ISBN 10: 1-905712-03-0 Chris Boot Books, publication date 7 March 2007
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Bliss by Martin Parr Domestic icons in a catholic tradition, these cards were produced in the countries of southern Europe during the 1970’s.
Author: Martin Parr Paperback, 128 pp 132 colour photographs, Size: 230 x 170 mm ISBN:0-9542813-3-0
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In the Wake of Katrina by Larry Towell Towell’s are not loud news pictures, but haunting and poetic landscapes – many of them panoramas – depicting the devastation...
Afterword by Ace Atkins In association with the Archive of Modern Conflict Publication date: August 2006 Hardcover, 144 pp., 8.5 x 11.25 inches 50 black and white images ISBN 0-9546894-2-9
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People by Stefan Ruiz Stefan Ruiz’s first book is about people – about the diversity of the world and the fragility of the human condition...
Hardbound, 11.5 x 9 inches 144 pages, 88 color photographs ISBN 1-905712-00-6 Publication date October 2006 Published by Chris Boot Books
By Mary Panzer, with an afterword by Christian Caujolle Paperback, 300mm x 230mm 384 pages, over 1000 photographs incl 600 colour ISBN 1-905712-01-4 Publication date: September 2006 Published by Chris Boot in association with World Press Photo
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Mexico by Martin Parr signed copy "Martin Parr show us, almost shamelessly, the likeable and hateful aspects of our characters – themselves a product of our history and culture. ..."
Photographs by Martin Parr, Introduction by Rogelio Villarreal Hardback, 88 pages 21 x 30 cm /8.25 x 11.75 inches, 80 Colour photographs ISBN 0-9546894-8-8 Chris Boot books
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