The Obama Portfolio

Aperture is delighted to present an exclusive limited-edition portfolio celebrating President Barack Obama's inauguration.

In the fall of 2008, Aperture proudly published Martin Parr's Postcards and Objects (Aperture/Chris Boot, 2009), featuring a selection of Parr's vast collections of photographic and themed objects. The objects he sees as personality-led were specially showcased: from commemorative Margaret Thatcher plates to wristwatches featuring Saddam Hussein's face, with everything from Spice Girls chocolate bars and busts of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in between.

Parr's latest obsession has been the wide array of Obama ephemera. His growing collection includes the most quotidian—like rhinestone pins and the most absurd, such as cola bottles and underwear.

In collaboration with Janet Borden Gallery, Aperture is offering a portfolio of four prints presented in a cloth folio. Each 8 x 10-inch print is signed from the collection of Martin Parr.

Four Pigment Prints, presented in a cloth folio
Image Size: 8 x 10 inches
Edition of 50 + 5 Artist Proofs
Signed and numbered from the Collection of Martin Parr

Martin Parr (b. 1952, Epsom, England) is a crucial figure in the world of photography, recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. He is the author of over thirty photography books, including Common Sense, Our True Intent Is All for Your Delight, and Boring Postcards. His photographs have been collected by museums worldwide such as the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; New York’s Museum of Modern Art; and Tate Modern, London. His retrospective toured major museums around the world since opening at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 2002. He was featured in Cruel and Tender, the Tate Modern’s major survey of photography in 2003. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos.