Saddam Hussein Watches.

Artist's book by Martin Parr.

Chris Boot Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2004. English, 40 pp., 38 color illustrations, 12x15".

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The Watches publication was made as Martin's gift to festivalgoers... copies were distributed as part of the welcome pack to participants, and given away to visitors to the Arles festival office during the opening week. This is what Parr had to say in the Arles catalogue:

"I have long been fascinated by the way photography and society interact. We are bombarded with images every day and most of these are on billboards, magazines and even objects. Over the years I have collected various forms of vernacular photography such as postcards, but more recently have expanded this collecting into objects.

"Most of these watches originate from Iraq where many versions of watches with photographic portraits of Saddam have been manufactured. Some of these are expensive Swiss made watches while some are relatively cheap. Saddam also had a penchant for giving away watches to both foreign guests and his own Republican Guard. The final watches are anti-Saddam ones made and produced in the USA."

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Watches, an unbound, floppy, magazine-like piece that comes in a gold foil bag, was produced as a gift to festivalgoers. It was distributed as part of the welcome pack to participants and given away to visitors to the Artles festival office. The watches, photographed straight on and placed against a yellowish background, were, for the most part, gathered by Parr's colleagues at Magnum during trips to Iraq over the past year, though some of the watches were purchased off the internet. Saddam Hussein Watches is the epitome of collecting made fun.

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