Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, 1990
- Artist: Martin Parr
- Size: 52 x 67 cm
- Price: £190
Martin Parr's (1952-2025) was born in Epsom, Surrey. He was one of the best-known documentary photographers of his generation, becoming a member of Magnum Photos in 1994 and president from 2013 to 2017.
Parr's unmistakable eye for the quirks of ordinary life made him a distinctive voice in visual culture for more than 30 years. Known for his use of garish colours and esoteric composition, he studied cultural peculiarities around the world from Japan to America, Europe, and his home country of Britain. The themes of leisure, consumption and communication occupied him for much of his career, all of which were explored with a penetrating irony. As photographer, filmmaker and collector, Parr defined a generation.
Parr's unmistakable eye for the quirks of ordinary life made him a distinctive voice in visual culture for more than 30 years. Known for his use of garish colours and esoteric composition, he studied cultural peculiarities around the world from Japan to America, Europe, and his home country of Britain. The themes of leisure, consumption and communication occupied him for much of his career, all of which were explored with a penetrating irony. As photographer, filmmaker and collector, Parr defined a generation.
Parr’s work has been collected by many of the world’s leading museums, from Tate in the UK to the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Martin Parr