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3BHBBXW MARTIN PARR in I AM MARTIN PARR (2024), directed by LEE SHULMAN. Credit: Haut et Court Doc / Album
The seaside town that once called Martin Parr's photographs a betrayal is about to put his face on a mural the size of a building

By Tom May Published

News New Brighton is raising funds for a permanent mural honouring the late street photographer

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A tight crop of a smiling young dancer's face and throat, her red lips and gap-toothed grin set above a spectacular orange costume collar encrusted with large iridescent crystal gems.
Britain in full color: why photographer Sophie Green refuses to make her subjects look grey

By Tom May Published

NEWS Championed by the late Martin Parr and 11 years in the making, Tangerine Dreams is a vivid love letter to overlooked communities

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A scarecrow dressed in a blue checked shirt and black trousers sits on a folding metal chair at the edge of a quiet, wet road lined with trees and a stone wall. Its head is a handmade fabric horse's head with a rope mane, and a stick supports it from behind.
A prize potato and a horse-headed scarecrow: Martin Parr's final photos are pure genius

By Tom May Published

News The late photographer's last commision returns him to the village where photography itself was born

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Three men in flat caps and heavy coats stand behind a low stone wall, appearing to examine or converse over a row of fluffy white sheep.
His color photos made him famous – but these early black-and-white images prove that Martin Parr was always a master

By Tom May Published

News A new exhibition shows an early glimpse of the genius that built the master photographer's reputation

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Two women stand side-by-side against a pebbled wall, each leaning on a shopping cart overflowing with white and blue plastic grocery bags.
How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis – without even realizing

By Tom May Published

NEWS A new Paris retrospective reinterprets the late photographer's work as environmental unravelling

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From a behind-the-shoulder perspective of two judges, several young girls in frilly dresses hold numbered signs during a beauty pageant at an outdoor pool.
These are the pictures Martin Parr planned to show at the Pearly Gates

By Tom May Published

A new exhibition reminds us how one photographer rewrote the rules of documentary photography.

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TwText: A photograph of two children eating ice cream, standing beside a red car
RIP Martin Parr: the photographer who found joy in the ordinary

By Tom May Published

Britain's greatest documentary photographer leaves behind a legacy that transformed how we see everyday life.

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I am Martin Parr film
UPDATE: Martin Parr movie is on television tonight – here is the trailer!

By Kalum Carter Last updated

News The 'I Am Martin Parr' documentary promises to be a vibrant road trip through the life and work of Magnum photographer Martin Parr

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English photographer and artist Martin Parr attends his exhibition "Short & Sweet" at Museo Civico Archeologico on December 07, 2024 in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty Images)
'Utterly Lazy' Magnum photographer Martin Parr lays it all bare in his new autobiography

By Kalum Carter Published

News We've had the film, now we get the book! Martin Parr's autobiography provides an insight into one of Britain's most recognizable photographers

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Magnum Generation(s)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Martin Parr!

By Kalum Carter Published

News Experience the birth of the world's most famous photography agency in an entirely new way – a graphic novel!

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