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Martin Parr is a contemporary British photographer. View Martin Parr’s 402 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and design for sale and learn about the artist.
20 de ene. de 2022 · Martin Parr occupies a central place in British photography, the most prominent British documentary photographer of his generation and a celebrated Magnum photojournalist and photobook collector. After graduating from Manchester Polytechnic in 1973, Parr emerged onto the scene with a series of black and white photographs heavily inspired by the work of fellow British documentary photographer ...
Martin Parr (Epson, Surrey, 1952) és un fotògraf documentalista i fotoperiodista anglès, conegut pels seus projectes fotogràfics que fan una mirada íntima, satírica i antropològica dels aspectes de la vida moderna, en particular documentant les classes socials d'Anglaterra, i més àmpliament l'opulència del món occidental.
Martin Parr’s unmistakable eye for the quirks of ordinary life has made him a distinctive voice in visual culture for more than 30 years. Known for his use of garish colours and esoteric composition, he has studied cultural peculiarities around the world from Japan to America, Europe, and his home country of Britain.
31 de ene. de 2018 · Martin Parr nace en la pequeña ciudad de Epsom, cerca de Londres, el 23 de mayo de 1952, y vive su juventud rodeado de las comodidades de la clase medio/alta. La conexión con el abuelo, fotógrafo aficionado, lo alienta a proseguir en este camino. Terminados los estudios en fotografía en el politécnico de Manchester entre 1970 y 1973 ...
Martin Parr was Guest Artistic Director for Rencontres D’Arles in 2004. In 2006 Martin Parr was awarded the Erich Salomon Prize and the resulting Assorted Cocktail show opened at Photokina. In 2008 Martin Parr was guest curator at New York Photo Festival, curating the New Typologies exhibition. Parrworld opened at Haus de Kunst, Munich, in 2008.
Martin Parr’s distinctive style of photography captures the oddities and humours of everyday British life through a vibrantly coloured, hyper-realistic lens. At the beginning of the 1980s Parr’s work aimed to mirror the lifestyle of ordinary British people, reflecting the social decline and distress of the working class during the era of Margaret Thatcher.
