{"id":1720,"date":"2009-06-24T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T09:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2009-06-24T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T09:38:20","slug":"martin-parrs-playas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/martin-parrs-playas\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Parr&#8217;s Playas"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Playas_1.jpg?resize=450%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Playas_1.jpg\" title=\"Playas_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 314px;\" height=\"314\" width=\"450\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It amused me to hear that Martin Parr had published a book called <em>Playas<\/em>, given that he is such an accomplished one himself. A player, that is, straddling <em>le monde photographique<\/em> with great aplomb and near universal approval, curating exhibitions from Derby to Arles. In some countries <em>martinparr<\/em> is now a synonym for ubiquitous. This quirky publication has been produced to look like a cheap photo album of holiday snaps from the many and varied beaches &#8211; <em>playas<\/em> &#8211; of South America, and I\u2019m half charmed and half puzzled by its purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Playas_4.jpg?resize=450%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u00a9 Martin Parr\" title=\"\u00a9 Martin Parr\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 316px;\" height=\"316\" width=\"450\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In some ways the work is a continuation of Parr\u2019s infamous New Brighton series. He is once more looking at flesh on show in the sun (though browner flesh), still snatching moments of intimacy but this time he\u2019s doing it with \u2018bad\u2019 photographs (that look like pictures your mum took in the 70s). It suits the subject, which we might call vernacular, (but the term makes me uncomfortable; isn\u2019t vernacular photography ordinary photographs taken by ordinary people that has been in some way sanctified by the cognoscenti?). Parr has snatched moments of beach behaviour exquisitely &#8211;&nbsp; the tentative, awkward kiss in Valparaiso, the perfect red nails on the girl from Ipanema, the man and the alabaster mermaid at the water\u2019s edge in Cosquin \u2013 and in so doing he walks the line between mockery and observation. <em>Playas<\/em> is fascinating because the thought of being crammed into a baking hot space, slathered in oil is more appropriate for pilchards than people. The work is compelling in the same way the cake recipes are for a woman on Montevideo beach, or the soft porn for the man lounging on Punta Del Este, whose partner gently fondles his hand as he indulges.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Playas_3.jpg?resize=450%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u00a9 Martin Parr\" title=\"\u00a9 Martin Parr\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 315px;\" height=\"315\" width=\"450\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If photo collectors among us happened upon a (genuine) album like this in a thrift store or car boot sale, we\u2019d spend time with it, maybe even buy it if it was cheap enough, as a document to a beach culture we recognise or find anthropologically fascinating. Such a document would never quite exist in this form, as it lacks the family narrative which would be the impetus behind making it into an album as a preserver of memories. We know that Parr himself is an <em>uber<\/em>-collector. Has his hobby affected his publishing decisions? Has he made this obscure little number in order that it become a collectors\u2019 item?<\/p>\n<p> I suspect he has. And while &#8211; if I am right \u2013 this shouldn\u2019t affect a discussion of the photographs, it raises a question in terms of audience. If it is aimed at photography book collectors (it is a limited edition only available in selected bookshops), it is immediately removed from the sphere of the majority of its subjects, who, according to the press release that accompanies the book, are held in affection by Parr. Is his true intent all for their delight? Does it matter?<\/p>\n<p> In a sense Parr\u2019s aforementioned ubiquity and, dare I say it, fame, is the thing that tips the balance in how this book is perceived. It has the feel of an in-joke, the only exception to that being Susie Parr\u2019s engaged and engaging textual accompaniment. Martin Parr sure has eyes (to borrow from Kerouac\u2019s compliment to Frank), but these days, they are perhaps most successfully employed when focused in a curatorial direction.<\/p>\n<p> Max Houghton<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playas by Martin Parr<br \/> Chris Boot<br \/> June 2009<br \/> \u00a317<\/p>\n<p>Available in the <a href=\"..\/item--Playas-by-Martin-Parr--boot_playa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Foto8 shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>&#8220;It amused me to hear that Martin Parr had published a book called <em>Playas<\/em>, given that he is such an accomplished one himself.&#8221;&nbsp; Max Houghton reviews Martin Parr&#8217;s new limited edition book <em>Playas<\/em>, a study of South American beach life.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[889],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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