Tag: Martin Parr
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Magnum Photographer Alec Soth on Not Giving In to What’s ‘Cool’
Magnum Photographer Alec Soth on Not Giving In to What’s ‘Cool’ In his latest “sofa session” interview, Martin Parr speaks with fellow Magnum photographer Alec Soth (pronounced like “both”) about launching his career, via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/04/09/magnum-photographer-alec-soth-on-not-giving-in-to-whats-cool/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 In his latest “sofa session” interview, Martin Parr speaks with fellow Magnum photographer Alec Soth (pronounced like “both”) about…
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Martin Parr: How the other half lives | The Guardian
Link: From champagne in St Moritz to Moscow’s Millionaire fair, photographer Martin Parr – once criticised for his mockery of the working classes – turns his camera on the filthy rich.
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Q&A: Martin Parr on Brighton Photo Biennial – British Journal of Photography
Link: Martin Parr talks about his latest discoveries, on show in Brighton. In the Q&A with BJP’s editor, he also discusses the international photography scene, and explains why the UK is “handicapped”.
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The Non-Conformists: Martin Parr’s Early Work in Black-and-White
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ “In the 70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white,” master photographer Martin Parr tells TIME. “Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.”
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Get Lost in the Contact Sheets of Magnum Photographers Elliot Erwitt, Martin Parr, Eve Arnold and More – Feature Shoot
Get Lost in the Contact Sheets of Magnum Photographers Elliot Erwitt, Martin Parr, Eve Arnold and More For every iconic photograph, there is a story, and for every story that predated the rise of the digital camera, there’s a contact sheet. As part of its first ever Magnum Seasonal Benefit, the team behind the legendary…
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TIME Picks the Best Photobooks of 2015 | TIME
The 36 Best Photobooks of the Year From Martin Parr to Susan Bright, photo experts select the best photobooks of 2015 via Time: https://time.com/4097317/best-photobooks-2015/ Martin Parr, Alec Soth and many other experts, including TIME’s photo editors, select the best photobooks of the year
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Great Britain, Strange and Familiar – The New Yorker
Great Britain, Strange and Familiar For the past forty-odd years, the photographer Martin Parr has trained his eye on all manner of British eccentricity. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/great-britain-strange-and-familiar For the past forty-odd years, the photographer Martin Parr has trained his eye on all manner of British eccentricity: our Union Jack cupcakes and mock-antique gas…
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Martin Parr Remembers His Early Works | AnOther
Martin Parr Remembers His Early Works via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12020/martin-parr-early-works-photography-book-interview-2019 A new book, Martin Parr: Early Work, looks back at the seminal photographer’s formative years. Here, he tells us more
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Listen to Martin Parr and Bruce Gilden Talk Photography |
Listen to Martin Parr and Bruce Gilden Talk Photography | It’s always a treat to listen to two major talents talk shop. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/05/listen-to-martin-parr-and-bruce-gilden-talk-photography.html In “Sofa Sessions,” a new video series from the Martin Parr Foundation, you get a chance to see just that. In the latest installment, Parr sits down for a chat…
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Will Martin Parr’s Photos Change Britain? He Doesn’t Think So – The New York Times
Will Martin Parr’s Photos Change the World? He Doesn’t Think So In documenting his homeland, the British photographer captures its contradictions and ambiguities with a sense of humor. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/lens/will-martin-parrs-photos-change-britain-he-doesnt-think-so.html In documenting his homeland, the British photographer captures its contradictions and ambiguities with a sense of humor.
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Martin Parr: 48 Years of Photographing the Quirky and Kitschy in Manchester – The New York Times
Martin Parr: 48 Years of Photographing the Quirky and Kitschy in Manchester For almost half a century, the British photographer has captured the diversity and eccentricity of the city of Manchester in northwestern England. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/lens/martin-parr-manchester-photo.html For almost half a century, the British photographer has captured the diversity and eccentricity of the city of Manchester…
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Martin Parr: ‘There’s no time for being intimidated’ | Art and design | The Guardian
Martin Parr: ‘There’s no time for being intimidated’ The photographer, aged 66, on fearlessness, fatherhood, the leftwing bias of photojournalists and being banned from Iran via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/15/martin-parr-there-is-no-time-for-being-intimidated The photographer, aged 66, on fearlessness, fatherhood, the leftwing bias of photojournalists and being banned from Iran
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Martin Parr’s Evocative Ode to Scotland – Feature Shoot
Martin Parr’s Evocative Ode to Scotland – Feature Shoot Tomintoul Highland Games, Tomintoul, 2006. The East Mainland Show, Orkney, 2007. In the title of his newest book from Damiani, Martin Parr suggests: Think of Scotland – and what comes to mind?… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/11/martin-parrs-evocative-ode-to-scotland/ In the title of his newest book from Damiani, Martin Parr suggests: Think of…
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The third edition of Eyes on Main Street – The Eye of Photography
The third edition of Eyes on Main Street Focusing on the theme of “Main Street: a Crossroad of Cultures,” the exhibition, curated by Jerome De Perlinghi and co-curated by Catherine Coulter Lloyd and Régina Monfort, features the work of 100 photographers from 31 countries with an equal number of men and women. Among the artists…
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TIME Selects the Best Photobooks of 2016 | TIME
Discover the 35 Best Photobooks of the Year Selected by Martin Parr, Roxana Marcoci and many others, including TIME’s editors via Time: http://time.com/4580692/best-photobooks-2016/ Selected by Martin Parr, Roxana Marcoci and many others photo experts, including TIME’s editors
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Real Food, No Filter – The New Yorker
Real Food, No Filter The photos in Martin Parr’s collection bear no resemblance to the aspirational-rustic stylings that dominate food photography today. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/real-food-no-filter?mbid=rss The title of Martin Parr’s newest photography book, “Real Food,” which is out from Phaidon this month, makes it sound like the manifesto of a clean-eating, weight-dropping, soul-lifting…
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A Nice pop up show | Martin Parr
A Nice pop up show It’s the morning after the opening of the pop up show at Nice’s Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image. Over the past three to four days I have been photographing the beach, the promenaders and anything that caught my eye along the seven km stretch of the iconic Promenade des…
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The “Real Britain” Postcards – The New Yorker
The “Real Britain” Postcards In the early nineteen-seventies, a small group of photographers set out to document what they understood to be real British life. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/real-britain-postcards In the early nineteen-seventies, a small group of photographers—including Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, and Stephen Weiss—set out to document what they understood to…
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A Conversation with Martin Parr | burn magazine
A Conversation With Martin Parr [slidepress gallery=’martinparr_conversation’]Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls A Conversation With Martin Parrplay this essay David Alan Harvey: What I … via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/in-the-spotlight/2014/09/a-conversation-with-martin-parr/ When I try a new technique, I always do it first on the beach. There are about six phases of my photography career,…