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How does Martin Parr take a photo?
The Last Resort, an unflinching series of photographs of the working-class seaside resort of New Brighton in Merseyside, brought Martin Parr to wide public attention in the mid-1980s.
Thirty years later, Parr brings a new approach to the same subject: the leisure pursuits of ordinary people. His new commission for the National Maritime Museum was displayed in The Great British Seaside exhibition.
Cameras and styles over time
- 1970s: Early black and white photography: Leica M3 with a 35mm lens
- 1980s: On-board flash in the daytime with medium format. The Last Resort (1985): Makina Plaubel with a 55mm lens
- Mid-2000s: Parr switches to digital.
- 2017: Parr experiments extensively using a wider angle with the telephoto lens in Beach Therapy (2017)
- 2018: New commission for The Great British Seaside: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Observing the British
As a documentary photographer, Martin Parr has spent his career attune to the tempo of life in Britain. His interests in consumerism, tourism and class have taken him across the country: to village fetes, boat races, and, of course, the seaside.
His affection for the surreal and peculiar permeates his beach photography, which often questions or satirises our behavi
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Martin Parr
Martin Parris a British photojournalist, documentary photographer, and collector of photobooks. He is renowned for his photography works that critically examine various facets of contemporary society, particularly English suburban and rural life. Since 1994, Martin Parrhas been a member of Magnum Photos.
Parr, who was born in Epsom, Surrey, intended to be a documentary photographer since he was fourteen, and credits his grandpa, an amateur photographer, as an early inspiration. He studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic from 1970 to 1973. In 1980, he married Susan Mitchell, and they have one child, Ellen Parr (born 1986). He has been a resident of Bristol since 1987.
Spain. Benidorm. 1997
Courtesy Magnum Photos / © Martin Parr
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Martin Parr's counsel for unravel photos[video]
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