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Artists from A-Z Martin Parr

1952-2025
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    Artist: Martin Parr Dating: 2025 Type: Photography Material: Pigment Print on paper Measures: 50,2 x 75,5 cm Acces / purchase date: 2025 Inventory number: 1780 Copyright: © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos & Galerie Nicola von Senger
Martin Parr (*1952, Epsom, Surrey, UK) is one of the most important British documentary photographers and photojournalists. He became internationally known for his large-format, colorful photographs that humorously scrutinize British society. With his ironic and socially critical view of everyday situations, he has made photographic history.

Leisure, consumption and communication are the concepts that this British photographer has been researching for several decades now on his worldwide travels. In the process, he examines national characteristics and international phenomena to find out how valid they are as symbols that will help future generations to understand our cultural peculiarities. Parr enables us to see things that have seemed familiar to us in a completely new way. In this way he creates his own image of society, which allows us to combine an analysis of the visible signs of globalisation with unusual visual experiences. In his photos, Parr juxtaposes specific images with universal ones without resolving the contradictions. Individual characteristics are accepted and eccentricities are treasured.

Text: Museumsportal Berlin and Martin Parr Website