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This collection spans diverse genres, including \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChildren’s Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, appealing to those who appreciate both visual storytelling and thoughtful commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"utterly-lazy-and-inattentive-by-wendy-jones-9780241740828","title":"Utterly Lazy and Inattentive","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. ‘It’s what I will do for the rest of my life, until I drop dead.’ I knew when I was very young. It was a definite decision. Don’t ask me why. I just knew it was the right thing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Martin Parr was fourteen, his teacher wrote that he was ‘utterly lazy and inattentive’ in a school report. He went on to become one of the most successful and sought-after photographers in the world. Martin has published over one hundred photobooks on many different subjects, from seaside resorts to smoking, over his career. Now, for the first and only time, Martin has produced a book about himself, telling his own story, in his own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis autobiography combines over 150 of Martin’s photographs – from his earliest snapshots to the work he is doing today – with his recollections and reflections on each image. We meet a boy growing up in suburbia, who collects obsessively and notices everything. We see him exploding into the public consciousness in the late eighties with a series of startling, ultra-saturated colour images of the British seaside – and scandalising the photography establishment in the process. We see society changing over the decades, from the demise of steam trains, through the opening of the first McDonald’s in Moscow, to the transformations of the post-pandemic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Martin shares his story, his distinctive voice delicately captured by his friend, the writer Wendy Jones, he also reveals his approach to work and commissions; his tricks for gaining access and getting the shot; and he divulges his particular passions: for crowds and queues, fetes and placards, bad weather on beaches, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive account of a great photographer’s career, curating the work that has defined his life. 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Here is Parr's affectionate  and hilarious catalogue of human foibles-our bad fashion choices, messy foods,  trashy souvenirs and the tourists who buy them, and all the often-overlooked silly  details of our daily life-rendered afresh. The book's eighty pages are packed with  the most iconic and beloved Parr images, made into original drawings by Jane  Mount, offering hours of coloring entertainment, as well as Parr's witty take on the  coloring book craze. Be inspired to create a new version of a classic Parr-sunbathers  in Speedos, tea-drinkers and rainbow cakes, socks with sandals-and in the  process, experience his vision in a new way. 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