Martin Parr

Martin Parr (born in 1952) is a Photographe Britannique, member of the photographic co-operative Magnum Photographs since 1994.

Biography

Characterized by derision and the irony, the work of Martin Parr joined the field of documentary photography. Its work seems one of the privileged witnesses of the British company having known the government of Margareth Thatcher in Great Britain.

He worked on many photographic projects and developed an international repute thanks to his innovating imagination and his original approach of the documentary one.

He studied photography at the school Manchester Polytechnic, of 1970 with 1973.

Series of photography on the town of Boring (the United States)

Series of photography on tourism. It showed contrast between waiting and reality.

Series of photography of itself, taken over several years. It shows the same attitude. He wants to show the various techniques used by the small shops of photographic to be made draw the portrait.

From 1995, following the change of camera, its stereotypes represent subjects approximately plane (series judicious Common ).

Series of photography Think off England . Martin Parr shows the ambiguity of his report/ratio for his country, between admiration and detestation.

In 2004, he is police chief of the International meetings of the photography of Arles.

Work

This list is incomplete:

1985 : Series Point off Salts
1989: Series One Day Trip
Série Boring
Série judicious Common
Série Signs off the times
Série the last arises off
Série Think England

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