12 Best art books like The Last Resort by Martin Parr

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The Last Resort

By: Martin Parr

4.43

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

When Martin Parr's 'The Last Resort' was first published and exhibited in 1986, it divided critics …

If you liked the art plot in The Last Resort by Martin Parr , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Cape Light by Joel Meyerowitz, Clifford S. Ackley

1. Cape Light

By: Joel Meyerowitz , Clifford S. Ackley

4.48

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1979, "Cape Light" became an instant classic and one of the most influentia… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Diane Arbus: Monograph by Diane Arbus, Doon Arbus, None, Marvin Israel

2. Diane Arbus: Monograph

By: Diane Arbus , Doon Arbus , None , Marvin Israel

4.04

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

New technology has made possible this lustrous new printing from all new film. These landmark image… read more

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  • art
  • photography
"what is ceremonious and curious and commonplace will be legendary."

-Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph

"The birthday party was me and her, a whore friend of hers and her pimp, and the cake."

-Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph

"I used to have a theory about photographing. It was a sense of getting in between two actions, or in between acton and repose."

-Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph

"She lives always dressed as a woman and she whores as a woman. I would never think she was a man. I can't really see the man in her. Most of the time I absolutely know but she has none of the qualiti…"

-Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph

Cover of American Photographs by Walker Evans

3. American Photographs

By: Walker Evans

4.56

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Uncommon Places: The Complete Works by Lynne Tillman, Stephen Shore, Shore Stephen

4. Uncommon Places: The Complete Works

By: Lynne Tillman , Stephen Shore , Shore Stephen

1.50

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Stephen Shore took colour photography beyond the domain of advertising and fashion, and his large-f… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Austerlitz by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald

5. Austerlitz

By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more

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Cover of Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll

6. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs

By: Henry Carroll

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read … read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi by Patricia Hampl, Alec Soth

7. Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi

By: Patricia Hampl , Alec Soth

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Alec Soth's "Sleeping by the Miss… read more

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  • art
  • photography

8. Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

By: Marvin Heiferman , Nan Goldin , Mark Holborn , None

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

A photobook classic, and perhaps the work for which New York photographer Nan Goldin remains best k… read more

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Cover of The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, Richard Dixon

9. The Prague Cemetery

By: Umberto Eco , Richard Dixon

3.50

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

19th-century Europe—from Turin to Prague to Paris—abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. … read more

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"Religious conversion evidently transforms not just the soul but also facial appearances."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"Die Menschen tun das Böse nie so vollständig und begeistert, wie wenn sie es aus religiöser Überzeugung tun."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

"Zawsze tak jest - jeśli ci sie nie powiedzie, szukasz kogoś, aby oskarżając go, usprawiedliwić własne niedołęstwo."

-Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

10. The Rings of Saturn

By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Rings of Saturn- with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the east c… read more

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11. The Street Photographer's Manual

By: David Gibson

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Street photography has been around since the very first cameras were invented, producing some of th… read more

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Cover of El banquero anarquista by Fernando Pessoa

12. El banquero anarquista

By: Fernando Pessoa

3.77

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Vertebrado casi a manera de diálogo socrático inverso. "El banquero anarquista", del poeta portugué… read more

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"...karanlıkları görmek, karanlıklardan ışığı almaktır."

-Fernando Pessoa, El banquero anarquista

13. William Eggleston's Guide

By: John Szarkowski , William Eggleston

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

William Eggleston's Guidewas the first one-man show of color photographs ever presented at The Muse… read more

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14. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

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Cover of Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme by Édouard Louis

15. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

By: Édouard Louis

4.13

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more

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"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

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16. The Last Resort

By: Martin Parr

4.43

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

When Martin Parr's 'The Last Resort' was first published and exhibited in 1986, it divided critics … read more

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  • art
  • photography
  • british literature
Cover of The Solitude of Ravens by Masahisa Fukase

17. The Solitude of Ravens

By: Masahisa Fukase

4.67

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Exceptionally rare first U.S. PB edition, published 1991 by Bedford Arts. If you're reading this, y… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of American Surfaces by Stephen Shore

18. American Surfaces

By: Stephen Shore

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, Stephen Shore left New York City and set out with a friend to Amarillo, Texas. He didn't d… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of In Flagrante Two by Chris Killip

19. In Flagrante Two

By: Chris Killip

4.26

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

The photographs that Chris Killip (born 1946) took in Northern England between 1973 and 1985 were f… read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Harry Gruyaert: Between Worlds by Harry Gruyaert

20. Harry Gruyaert: Between Worlds

By: Harry Gruyaert

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

This book from award-winning Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert collects his most cinematic images … read more

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  • art
  • photography
Cover of Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Photographs by David  Gibson

21. Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Photographs

By: David Gibson

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This visually arresting book takes the reader on a journey across the globe by presenting the most … read more

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  • art
  • photography

12 Best photography books like The Last Resort by Martin Parr

Transform Your Habits

Cape Light

Joel Meyerowitz , Clifford S. Ackley

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Diane Arbus: Monograph

Diane Arbus , Doon Arbus , None , Marvin Israel

4.04

Transform Your Habits

American Photographs

Walker Evans

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Uncommon Places: The Complete Works

Lynne Tillman , Stephen Shore , Shore Stephen

1.50

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16 Best photography books like Harry Gruyaert: Between Worlds by Harry Gruyaert

Transform Your Habits

Alex Webb: The Suffering of Light

Geoff Dyer , Alex Webb

3.14

Transform Your Habits

On Photography

Susan Sontag

3.89

Transform Your Habits

All about Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Early Color

Saul Leiter

4.63

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