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Parr, Martin (Editor); Ludwig, Elmar; Nagele, Edmund & Noble, David (Photographers).
OUR TRUE INTENT IS ALL FOR YOUR DELIGHT: THE JOHN HINDE BUTLIN'S PHOTOGRAPHS.
London, England:
Chris Boot,
2003.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
128 pages.
As New/As New.
Collection of period photographs. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. A charming production by SMITH: Oversize-volume format in oblong shape. Red-orange hard boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Curated with an Introduction by Martin Parr, who has a massive collection of the postcards. Photographs by John Hinde Limited Studios. Biographies appended at the end. Printed on thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In dazzling pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents the color photographs of the Butlin Holiday Camps, as taken by The John Hinde Postcard Company. "Originally made in the 1970's for sale as postcards and published here in book form for the first time, Butlin's was a network of holiday camps that revolutionized the British holiday in the years following the Second World War. By the 1970's, the Camps were attracting a million people each year. The John Hinde team of photographers documented Butlin's glamorous and kitsch bars and ballrooms with technical brilliance and with the participation of large casts of holidaymakers. Precursors to the art photography of Andreas Gursky and Jeff Wall, these images are simultaneously heartwarming and hilarious, with dazzling design and color. They are a unique socio-historical record of Britain, described by Martin Parr in his Introduction as some of the strongest images of Britain of the period" (Publisher's blurb). As a collection, the book must be seen in light of Parr's other published collections of postcards, vintage photographs, and Christmas cards. Still, there is a deeply personal twist: He himself spent two summer breaks from college working as a photographer at Butlin's, snapping holidaymakers for their family albums. His encounter at Butlin's with John Hinde's postcards helped determine his own style, as evidenced by his collection, "The Last Resort". A lovely retrospective on the "Best Postcards in the World", this is a "must-have" title for Martin Parr completists. This copy is prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Martin Parr. This title has been out-of-print for some time. This is the only signed copy available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. 55 color plates. The most important and influential living British artist/photographer. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0954281306. $100.00 |
