The Protest Box. Edited by Martin Parr with an essay by Gerry Badger.

Martin PARR selected 5 “protest books” and STEIDL printed facsimiles of:

1) BOSTELMANN, Enrique (1939-2003). America: un Viaje a través de la injusticia. First published in : Mexico City, Siglo XXI Editores, 1970.

Lit.: Parr/Badger, The Photobook, A History , vol. II, pp. 110-111 & Auer, 802 photo books from the M.+M. Auer collection, n° 513.

2) GASPARINI, Paolo (1934). Para verte mejor, America Latina. First published in : Mexico City, Siglo XXI Editores, 1970.

Lit.: Parr/Badger, The Photobook, A History , vol. II , pp. 110-113. 

c) MATTIOLI, Paola (1948) and Anna CANDIANI (1940-2017). Immagini del no. First printed in: Milan, Occhio Magico n° 11, All’insegna des pesce d’oro, (1974).

Lit;: Parr/Badger, The Photobook, A History , vol III, pp. 63 & Lederman/Yatskevich, What they saw. Historical Photobooks by Women, pp. 212/213.

d) KITAI, Kazuo (1944). Sanrizuka 1969-1971. First published in : Tokyo, Nora-Sha, 1971.

Lit.: Parr/Badger, The Photobook, A History , vol. III , pp. 56.

5) ALVERMANN, Dirk (1965-2023). ALGERIEN/L’Algérie. First published in : Berlin, Rütten & Loening, 1960.

Lit.: Parr/Badger, The Photobook, A History , vol. III, pp. 190-191.
+ a red booklet with an introduction by Martin Parr “Protest on Paper” and “The times they were a changin’ – The Protest Box Books”, an essay by Gerry Badger. Göttingen, Steidl, 2010.

Limited, numbered edition of 1 000 copies.