
Boring Photographs
Martin Parr's *Boring Photographs* is an album containing 468 chromogenic prints that celebrates the mundane and overlooked corners of everyday life, compiled from found vernacular photography. True to Parr's sardonic wit, the collection revels in the unintentional humor and strange poetry of amateur snapshots deemed too dull or unremarkable to be of interest. The work challenges conventional notions of photographic worth, elevating the banal to the level of art through sheer accumulation and curatorial intent.
- Medium
- Album with 468 chromogenic prints.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation
October 3, 2017
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