Prestwich Mental Hospital was Martin Parr’s first cohesive documentary project whilst he was studying at Manchester Polytechnic
Statement from Martin Parr:
„I’d visited the brother of a friend at the Poly, who had been admitted to the hospital. I was so taken with the place that I decided to do some work and sought out permission to photograph there, then got stuck in for the following three months, photographing constantly. Visually it was very striking. The whole atmosphere…you just knew there was scope there. When you’re a nineteen year old photographer, you have aspirations, but it’s difficult to know actually what to say. But suddenly I found something I wanted to articulate. Thats when my photography really took off. I spent alot of time there. The lecturers at the Poly tried to discourage me from spending time there, they thought it was taking too long. The whole idea of doing something thorougly didn’t really have currency then.“
Text von Josh Jones zur Serie, außerdem zahlreiche zusätzliche Abbildungen:
Buchinfo:
Martin Parr:
Prestwich Mental Hospital 1972
Southport 2020 (second printing), Café Royal Books
ohne ISBN, geheftet
36 Seiten, 21 meist zweiseitige Abbildungen in S/W, 14 cm x 20 cm
die erste Ausgabe erschien 2018 in 500 Exemplaren
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