- Hardcover: 112 pages
- Publisher: Chris Boot; First Edition edition (23 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905712138
- ISBN-13: 978-1905712137
- Product Dimensions: 25.5 x 25.3 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 830,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In his epitaph to the age of conspicuous consumption and wealth, Luxury featuresMartin Parrs photographs fromfive years of watching the rich and fabulous at international champagne-fuelled gatherings. In a series thatmanages to be both satirical and warmly affectionate towards air-kissing luxury-victims, Parrs subjects include parties, horse races and notable luxury events including theMillionaires Fair,Moscow, the Dubai Art Fair and the Art BaselMiami. Designed with an appropriately luxurious silver-foiled padded leatherette cover and introduced with an argument for a newmorality by leading British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith, Luxury is the powerful statement about the era before the bubble burst.
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Format:Hardcover
There is, of course, a very long history of portraits of the wealthy and powerful. Next to religious themes, this is probably the most populous genre in the history of art. If Parr has sometimes been accused of making British chavs look very bad (most famously in Last Resort), here he turns his lens ruthlessly on the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I had some sympathy for critics of Parr's exploitation of the prols, until this book. Voila, he shows, wealthy party-goers can look every bit as disgusting as the holiday makers lying on beaches full of rubbish while their children run feral. Given that so much money is supposed to have a civilizing effect, maybe those portrayed in Luxury look even worse. It's a delightful book, full of winces, as well as snickers. I don't think that David Cameron will be ringing up Mr Parr and asking him to do a portrait of the family, though. Opportunity lost.
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Very impressive padded binding, a nice looking presentation. However, inside there is little meaningful photography owing to the expectations of the title. These are mostly cutsey shots of a photographer trying desperately to be clever and sometimes getting plain lucky--like the close-up of the fly on the lady's nice hat. A lot of smoking in general, and young women in particular holding, smoking cigars. If this is your thing.....go for it. And women wearing Dior sunglasses is probably as close to Luxury as the book gets. The double truck of men wearing derbys, and the lady with a visible stain on her expensive evening wear dress while holding a glass of yellow liquid refreshment (shown torso only) may be called eye-catching. And the Veuve Clicquoit shot(?) that looks staged, or maybe the lady felt like showing her tongue is mildly interesting. And a lot of examples, many examples (did I say many?) showing cell phone use--jammed to their ears. I see this everyday. I don't need to buy a book to watch it. And totally clueless of cell phones' link regarding two types of brain cancer. I realize some may consider this controversial and a recent study flooded us with the notion that cell phones have no link to gliomas, without mentioning acoustic neuromas. There's too much money involved to care about the health of cell phone users. And, back to the book. The raised trunk lid on the 911 convertible (in a dealership showroom), and also the gold fiddler statue are as close to "luxury" as the book gets. And, two L'Oreal ladies pushing their products with two customers. Totally Disappointed.
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