For nearly 20 years, Martin Parr has brought back a very particular kind of souvenir from each of his many trips: a self-portrait. This gallery of portraits, taken all around the world by a professional photographer, a local amateur, or even a photo booth, playfully explores the popular imagery of holidays. From heavily edited digital photographs to studio portraits with exotic backdrops, and from colorized images to shots of him dressed as a cosmonaut or a judoka beside Vladimir Putin, we find the humor and irony characteristic of the artist, who can be seen evolving over the years between 1996 and 2015.
This whimsical little book was designed as one of those playful, universal objects that Martin Parr loves so much: readers can even have fun getting inside the photographer’s head thanks to the marble maze built into the cover.
