Martin Parr was born in Epsom, Surrey, UK, in 1952. When he was a boy, his budding interest in the medium of photography was encouraged by his grandfather George Parr, himself a keen amateur photographer.
Martin Parr studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic, from 1970 to 1973.
Since that time, Martin Parr has worked on numerous photographic projects. He has developed an international reputation for his innovative imagery, his oblique approach to social documentary, and his input to photographic culture within the UK and abroad.
In 1994 he became a full member of Magnum Photographic Corporation.
Martin developed an interest in filmmaking, and has started to use his photography within different conventions, such as fashion and advertising.
In 2002 the Barbican Art Gallery and the National Media Museum initiated a large retrospective of Martin Parr’s work. This show toured Europe for the next 5 years.
Martin Parr was appointed Professor of Photography in 2004 at The University of Wales Newport campus.
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 opens 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, Mucich, in 2008. The show exhibited Parr’s own collection of objects, postcards, his personal photography collection of both British and International artists, photo books and finally his own photographs. The exhibition toured Europe for the following 2 years.
At PhotoEspana, 2008, Martin Parr wins the Baume et Mercier award in recognition of his professional career and contributions to contemporary photography.
Martin Parr curated the Brighton Photo Biennial that took place in October 2010.
More recently Martin has been working on a 4-year project documenting the Black
Country, an area of the English West Midlands, in conjunction with Multistory. He is currently updating the History of the Photobook (Vol 3), and often does much work to promote new photographers.
Martin Parr has published over 70 books of his own work and edited another 30.
Exhibitions
1974c Home Sweet Home, Impressions Gallery, York, and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1976 Beauty Spots, Impressions Gallery, York and subsequent tour
1977 Photographer's Gallery, London
1978 Fotomania Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1981 The Non-Conformists, Camerawork, London
1982c Rural Irish Photographers, Neikrug Gallery, New York
1982c Bad Weather, Photgrapher's Gallery, London and subsequent tour
1983 International Photography Festival, Malmo, Sweden
1984 British Photographic Art, Geology Museum, Beixing, China
1984c A Fair Day, Orchard Gallery, Derry and tour
1985 George Eastman House, Rochester
1986 Point of Sale, Salford City Art Gallery
1986c The Last Resort, Serpentine Gallery, London
1986 Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
1986 Arles Festival, France
1986 Fotograficentrum, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Amsterdam Manifestation
1987 ICP Midtown, New York
1987 Spending Time, National Centre of Photography, Paris
1988 Kodak Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka
1989c The Cost of Living, Royal Photographic Society, Bath and tour
1991 Janet Borden, New York
1991 Gallery Jacques Gordat, Paris
1992 Signs of the Times, Janet Borden, New York
1992 Kiek in de Kok Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
1993c A Year in the Life of Chew Stoke, Chew Stoke Village Hall, Bristol
1993c Bored Couples, Gallery du Jour, Paris and subsequent tour
1993c Home and Abroad, Watershed Gallery, Bristol and international tour
1994c From A to B, 27 Welcome Break service stations, UK
1994 Curitiba Photo Festival, Brazil
1995c Small World, Photographer's Gallery, London, UK
1995 Small World and From A to B, National Centre of Photography, Paris
1995 Gallery du Jour, Paris
1996 Janet Borden, New York
1997c West Bay, Rocket Gallery, London
1998c Ooh La La, National Museum of Photography, Bradford 1998c Japonais Endormis, Gallery du Jour, Paris
1998 Gallery Riis, Oslo
1999c Common Sense, 43 locations worldwide
1999c Benidorm, Sprengel Museum, Hanover
2000 20/21 Gallery, Essen, Germany
2000c Autoportrait, Tom Blau Gallery, London
2000 Japonais Endormis, Kunsthalle, Rotterdam
2000 Gallery du Jour, Paris
2000 Kulturbeutel, Old Post Office, Mitte Berlin
2001c Think of England, Rocket Gallery
2002 Martin Parr: Photographic Works 1971-2000, Barbican Art Gallery, London
2002c The Phone Show, Rocket Gallery, London
2002 Rose Gallery, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica USA
2002 Sirieuze Zaken, Amsterdam
2002 Martin Parr Photoworks 1971 - 2000, Barbican Art Gallery and major European tour
2002 Rocket Gallery London
2002 Rose Gallery, Los Angeles.
2003 Studio Trisorio, Naples
2003 National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen
2003 Kunsthalle Rotterdam
2003 Renia Sofia, Madrid
2003 20/21 Essen, Germany
2005 Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver
2005 PhotoEspana, Madrid
2005 Bon Marche, Paris
2005 Die Kunsthalle, Mannheim
2005 Rocket Gallery, London
2005 Montreal Festival of Photography
2005 Nicola von Senger Gallery, Zurich
2005 Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris
2005 Fashion Show, Rocket Gallery, London
2005 Fashion Show, Bon Marche, Paris
2005 Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
2005 Retrospective, MEP, Paris
2005 Common Sense, Niagra Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Food, Nordic Festival of Light,
2006 Port Elliot House, Port Elliot Literary Festival
2006 Retrospective, Forma Gallery, Milan
2006 Assorted Cocktail, Photokina, Cologne
2006 Mexico, Janet Borden Gallery
2007 Retrospective, Seoul Arts Centre
2007 Autoportrait, ZPAFiS-KA Gallery, Krakow
2007 Fashion Magazine, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2007 Fashion Newspaper, Paul Smith Space, Tokyo
2007 Retrospective, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2007 Assorted Cocktail, C/O Berlin
2008 Dubai, The Third Line, Dubai
2008 ParrWorld, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2008 Assorted Cocktail, Santralistanbul, Turkey
2008 ParrWorld, Breda Design Museum, Netherlands
2008 Small world, Breda Photo, Netherlands
2008 Melbourne Cup, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Parr-O-Rama, Janet Borden, New York
2009 Planete Parr, Jeu De Paumme, Paris
2009 Playas, Kamel Mennour, Paris
2009 Martin Parr at Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, Beijing
2009 Luxury, GunGallery, Stockholm
2009 Luxury, Nicola Von Senger, Zurich
2009 ParrWorld, Baltic, Gateshead, UK.
2009 Assorted Cocktail, CasalSolleric, Palma, Majorca
2009 Martin Parr ‘Sei Fotografie’, Macro, Rome
2009 Retrospective of Books, Rocket Gallery, London
2010 Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
2010 Playas, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
2010 Martin Parr at PHOTOINK, New Delhi
2010 Working Men’s Clubs, Earlswood Working Men’s Club, Cardiff
2010 Luxury, Janet Borden, New York
2010 Four Decades, Studio Trisorio, Napoli
2010 Luxury, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid
2010 The Real World, Kaunas Photo Gallery, Lithuania
2010 Un Monde a Parr, Rennes, France
2010 Black Country Stories, The Public, West Bromwich
2010 Luxury, Month of Photography, Bratislava
2010 All Things Parr, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2011 Assorted Cocktail, DOX, Prague, Czech Republic2011 The Real World, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2011 The Goutte d’Or, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris, France
2011 On The Beach, Photomed Festival, Sanary-sur-mer, France
2011 Luxury, Bogota Photography Festival, Colombia
2011 What Would You Save in a Flood? In association with Oxfam, Proud Gallery, London
2011 Small World, Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, 2011
2011 Albania 1990, Common Sense & Small Word, The National gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2011 Bristol and West, M Shed, Bristol, UK
2012 Think of Finland, Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland
2012 No Worries, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Australia
2012 New Pictures 6, Minneapolis Winter Games, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA
2012 Assorted Cocktail and newly commissioned work taken at Helmond Carnival, Gemeentemuseum, Helmond, The Netherlands
2012 Souvenir, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Small World, Phototheatron, The Athens House of Photography, Athens, Greece
2012 Life’s a Beach, Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, France
2012 Playas, Paraty em Foco, Paraty, Brazil
2012 Luxury and Beaches, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Group Exhibitions
1972 Butlins by the Sea, Impressions Gallery, York
1978 Personal Views 1860-1977, British Council touring show
1978c Art for Society, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1979c Three Perspectives on Photography, Hayward Gallery, London
1981 New Work in Britain, Photographer's Gallery, London
1982c Strategies-recent developments in British photography, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
1985 Quelques Anglais, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris
1986c British Contemporary Photography, Houston Foto Festival
1986 New Documents, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
1987 Attitudes to Ireland, Orchard Gallery, Derry, N.Ireland
1987c Mysterious Coincidences, Photographer's Gallery, London
1987c Inscriptions and Inventions, British Council touring exhibition
1988c A British View, Museum fur Gestalturg, Zurich
1989c Through the Looking Glass, British photography 1945-1989, Barbican Centre, London
1989c The Art of Photography, Royal Academy, London
1989c Foto Biennale, Enschede
1990c The Past and Present of Photography, MOMA, Tokyo
1991c British Photography from the Thatcher Years, MOMA, New York
1991c Voir la Suisse Autrement, Fribourg, Switzerland
1992c Imagina, World Fair, Seville
1993c Photographs from the Real World, Lilliehammer Art Museum, Norway
1993c Sobre Santiago, Tres de Magnum, Santiago, Spain
1995c European Photography Award 1985-1994, Kultur Zentrum, Hamburg, Germany
1995c Internationale Foto-Triennale, Esslingen,Germany
1997c Zurich, Kunsthaus, Zurich
1997c Trois Grands Egyptiennes, Musee de la Photographie, a Charlleroi, Belgium
1998 No Sex Please, We’re British, Shisheido Department Store, Tokyo
1999c Our Turning World: Magnum Photographers 1989-1999, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
2000 At Sea, Tate Gallery Liverpool
2002c Sand in der Vaseline, Kerfelder, Kunstmuseem, Germany
2003c Cruel and Tender, Tate Modern, London
2004 Pingyao Photography Festival, China
2004 About Face, Hayward Gallery, London 2005 Exposures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2005c Eurovisions, Pompidu Centre, Paris
2006 Making History, Tate Gallery, Liverpool
2006c Click Double Click, Haust der Kunst, Munich
2007 Our Land! Photographs from Finland, Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Turkey by Magnum, Istanbul Modern Art Museum
2007 How We Are, Tate Britain
2008 Three From Britain, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2008 Street & Studio, Tate Modern
2008 No Such Thing As Society, Various European locations.
2009 Georgian Spring, Uferallen, Berlin
2009 Rencontres d’Arles
2009 No Such Thing As Society, Various European locations.
2010 Dreamlands, The Pompidou Centre, Paris
2010 Photomonth, Krakow, Poland
2010 Getxophoto, Getxo, Spain
2011 The Truth is Not in the Mirror, Haggerty Museum of Art, USA
2011 Photography Calling! Sprengal Museum, Hannover, Germany
2012 Picturing the South, High Museum of Art Atlanta, USA
2012 I See China, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2012 Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, The National Gallery, London, UK
Curated Exhibitions
1986 British Contemporary Photography. Houston Photo Festival
1989 The Actual Boot. Curated with Jack Stadiak, exhibition of British early photographic postcards. National Museum of Photography, Bradford
1991 Hindesight. Retrospective of John Hinde studio. Curated with David Lee and Declan McGonale, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
1996 Young British Photography. Gallery du Jour, Paris
2002 Martin Parr’s Postcards, including Butlins images by John Hinde. Arles, France
2004 Curated major input of the Arles Festival. 23 separate exhibitions and 3 evenings of audio visual presentations
2005 Keld Helmer-Petersen. Arles festival. France
2006 Retrospective of David Goldblatt. Arles Festival. France
2007 Colour before colour. Early colour photography from Europe. Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, USA
2008 New Typologies, New York Photo Festival
2010 Brighton Photo Biennial
2011 From Here On at Arles, France 2011. Curated with Clement Cheroux, Joan Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels and Joachim Schmid.
2012 Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Union Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
George Eastman House, Rochester
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Calderdale Council, Halifax
Getty Museum, Malibu
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Kodak, France
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Seagrams Collection, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Tempere, Finland
British Council, London
Irish Arts Council
Australian National Gallery
Paris Audiovisual
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan Tokyo
Metropolitan Museum of Photography
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Modern, London
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires
Archive of Modern Conflict
The Public, West Bromwich, UK
Gemeentemuseum, Helmond, The Netherlands
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Prizes and Awards
1986 3rd Prize European Photography Awards.
1995 Wilkins Photography Prize.
2003 Photo Espana book prize for “ Martin Parr, by Val Williams.”
2005 Honorary FRPS. Royal Photographic Society.
2006 Eric Solomon Award for Photojournalism, Photokina.
2006 Moscow House of Photography, International photography prize.
2006 Honorary Masters degree, University of Creative Arts, Farnham.
2007 Krasna Kraus book prize for “Photobook, A History, Vol 1&2” with Gerry Badger.
2008 Photo Espania Award for Photographic achievement.
2008 Japanese Photographic Society, International Award for contribution towards
promoting Japanese photographic book publishing.
2008 Centenary Award, Royal Photographic Society.
2008 Honorary Degree, Manchester Metropolitan University.
2008 Photo Espania lifetime achievement prize
Radio
1982 The World Tonight (BBC Radio 4)
1989 Interview with Colin Ford (Third Ear, BBC Radio 3)
1993 Nightlines (BBC Radio 3, 13/7/93)
1995 Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4)
1995 Something to write home about: In search of British food (BBC Radio 4)
1998 Kaleidoscope (BBC Radio 4, 2/1/98)
1999 Magnum at the Millennium (BBC Radio 3)
1999 Work in progress: 5 x 5 minutes on BBC Radio 3,
2002 Clean Sheets and En-suite: hour long documentary about Blackpool
(Radio 3)
TV
1986 Point of Sale (Late Review, BBC2)
1992 Home and Abroad (30 minute AV for Arles Festival)
1996 Martin Parr and the ladies of the valley . Try Again production for BBC
Wales (40 minutes). Directed by Michael Darlow tel: 01225 862705
1997 UK Shorts 12x 2-minute films produced by Mosaic for BBC 2
Mosaic Films Contact: colin@mosaicfilms.com
1997 November The Pier Food Art (ITV)
1998 Ooh la la (ADT for Channel 4)
1998 Mariella Frostrup’s Brunch. Channel 4 (19/4/98)
1998 Princess’s People (72 minutes) Mosaic Films for BBC2. Martin Parr was one of 12
filmmakers who contributed to this survey of the funeral of Princess Diana
1999 Vyvian’s Hotel (30 minutes) Mosaic Films for BBC 2
1999 Martin Parr’s Moving Pictures 1999. Desperately seeking Shiny.
(Gauntlet Pictures for HTV) 30 minute film about Martin Parr
1999 Arena 100 for UK Arena (BBC cable): Last Resort by Tim Marlow
1999 Happy Days Media Towns, Tokyo CDRom. Survey of Parr’s recent work,
available from Media Towns
2002 London, Pet Shop Boys video, Mosaic Films for Parlaphone
2002 Contacts Martin Parr (Arte France) KS Visions Director Francoise Marie
and Jean-Pierre Krief
2003 The magic Moment. 29.9.03 60 mins film by Hank Onrust for VPRO,
Netherlands 2003 The World of Martin Parr BBC1 3.12.03 59 min film Rebecca Frayn
2004 Radio Libre, France Culture. 120 minutes by Natacha Wolinski July 10th
to co-incide with Rencontres D'Arles. Email: natacha.wolinski@tele2.fr
2006 It’s Nice Up North with John Shuttleworth. A spoof documentary by
John Shuttleworth with camera work and filming by Martin Parr.
www.shuttleworths.co.uk
2006 Agenda - Essay for Magnum In Motion.
2007 L'Art et la Maniere. Martin Parr, Film by Luc Quelin, Arte 26 mins
2007 The Genius of Photography. Consultant and participant. BBC 4
2008 Picture This. Judge. Channel 4.
2010 Art of the Sea. A documentary on the response of artists to the British sea.
BBC 4
2011 Teddy Grays, For Goodness Sake. Commissioned by Multistory (20 mins).
2013 Mark goes to Mongolia. Commissioned by Multistory.
Publications
Books By Martin
Bad Weather, A Zwemmer Ltd, London, 1982.
Calderdale Photographs, Calderdale Museums Service, UK, 1984.
Prescot now and then, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Leisure Services
Department, UK, 1984.
A Fair Day, Promenade Press, Wallasey, 1984.
The Last Resort, Promenade Press, Wallasey, 1986.
The Cost of Living: Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, 1989.
One-Day Trip: Editions de la différence, France,1989.
Signs of the Times, Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, 1992.
Bored Couples, Galerie du Jour, Paris, 1993.
Home and Abroad, Jonathan Cape, London, 1993 .
From A to B: BBC Books, London, 1994.
Small World, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 1995.
Quel Monde! (first French version of Small World), Marval, France, 1995.
British Food, Galerie du Jour, Paris, 1995/1998.
Japanese Endormis, Galerie du Jour, Paris, 1998.
The Last Resort, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 1998/2002.
Common Sense, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 1999.
Sguardi Gardesoni, Edizioni Chartra, Milan, 1999.
Flowers, Munkedals, Sweden, 1999.
Benidorm, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, 1999.
Autoportrait, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 2000.
Flowers, Galerie du Jour, Paris, 2000.
Think of England, Phaidon Press Limited, 2000.
Martin Parr by Val Williams: Phaidon Press Limited, London, 2002/2003.
The Phone Book: Rocket Gallery, London, 2002.
The Phone Book: 20:21, Essen, 2002.
7 Communist Still Lives: Nazraeli Press, USA, 2003.
SternSpezial Fotografie: Martin Parr, Hamburg, 2004.
Signes Des Temps: Textuel, Paris, 2004.
Think of England (second edition), Phaidon Press Limited, 2004/2005/2006/2007.
Fashion Magazine, Magnum Photos, Paris, 2005.
7 Colonial Still Lives: Nazraeli Press, USA, 2005. Martin Parr, vu par, Edition Point de vues, France, 2005.
Road Trip: Martin Parr and Friends, Sony Ericsson, 2005.
I Grandi Fotografi Magnum Photos: Martin Parr, Hachette Fascicoli, 2005.
Mexico: Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2006.
Parrjektif: Mavi Jeans, Istanbul, 2006.
Tutta Roma: Contrasto, Rome, 2006.
Parking Spaces: Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2007.
Small World 2007: Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 2007.
Martin Parr: Witness Number Three, Joy of Giving Something Inc, New York, 2007.
Les grands photographes de MAGNUM PHOTOS: Martin Parr, Hachette, Paris, 2007.
Phaidon 55: Martin Parr, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 2007.
Correspondencia, AFA Editions, Chile, 2008.
Petite Planete (revised French version of Small World), Hoelbeke, France, 2008.
Everybody Dance Now: editions2wice, New York, 2009.
Playas, Chris Boot Ltd, London & Editorial RM, Mexico, 2009.
Luxury, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2009.
The Last Resort, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2009.
Joachim Schmid Is Martin Parr, Martin Parr is Joachim Schmid, Schmid/Blurb, 2009.
Assorted Cocktail, Casal Solleric de Palma, Majorca, 2009.
Martin Parr in India, 1984-2009. PHOTOink, New Delhi, 2010.
The Real World, Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania, 2010.
Parr by Parr, Editions Textuel (French Version), Paris, 2010.
Parr by Parr, Schilt Publishing (English Version), Amsterdam, 2010.
A Book of Kings, Third Millennium Information Ltd, London, 2010.
Six by Six (set 1): Machu Picchu, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2010.
One Day : 10 Photographers, Kehrer Verlag, 2010.
Assorted Cocktail, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, 2011.
Japan, Super Labo, Japan, 2011.
Urban Outfitter, Summer Preview 2011, Urban Outfitters, 2011.
Parr by Parr, Tree Media Content (Russian Version), Russia, 2012.
7 Cups of Tea, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2012.
No Worries, T&G Publishing, Australia, 2012.
Up and Down Peachtree, Contrasto, USA, 2012.
Souvenir, Exhibition Catalogue, CCCB, Barcelona, 2012.
Life’s a Beach, Aperture Foundation, New York & Xavier Barral, Paris, 2012.
Newspapers by Martin
Glasgow, A8: John McAslan + Partners, London, 2005.
LUX: Luxembourg et Grande Region, Luxembourg, 2007
Fashion Newspaper: Magnum Photos, 2007.
Dubai, The Third Line Gallery, Duabi, 2008.
Guardian Cities Project, The Guardian, UK, 2008.
The Goutte d’Or, L’Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris, 2011.
Bristol and West, M Shed, Bristol, 2011.
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol City Council, Bristol, 2011.
Artist Books by Martin
Home Sweet Home: Self Published, 1974.
Benidorm: Self Published, 1997.
West Bay, The Rocket Press, Oxfordshire, 1997.
Boring Oregon Photographs: Self-Published, 2000.
Cherry Blossom Time in Tokyo: Eyestorm.com, London, 2001.
Souvenir du Maroc, Self Published, 2001.
Stars and Stripes (New York), Self Published, 2001.
Cruise Memories, Self Published, 2002.
Knokke: Frank Bordas, Paris, 2002.
Love Cube: GUN, Sweden, 2007.
Chinese Wedding Album, Self Published, 2010.
From Tintypes to Teatowels, Rose Gallery, 2011.
Books Edited by Martin
‘The Actual Boot’: A H Jolly Ltd, Northampton, in association with The National
Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1986.
London 1958-1950: Sergio Larrain, (Edited by Martin Parr and Agnes Sire, Dewi Lewis
Publishing, Heaton Moor, 1998.
Boring Postcards, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1999.
Boring Postcards USA, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1999.
Langweilige Postkarten (Boring Postcards Germany), Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 2001.
From our House to your House: Dewi Lewis Publishing, Heaton Moor, 2002.
Our True Intent Is All for Your Delight, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2002. Bliss: Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2003.
Saddam Hussein Watches, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2004
Lodz Ghetto Album, Chris Boot, London, 2004.
The Photobook: A History Vol. 1(Edited by Martin Parr & Gerry Badger), Phaidon Press
Ltd, London, 2004.
Ed Van der Elsken, My Amsterdam, Der Verbeelding Publishing, Amsterdam, 2005.
David Goldblatt Photographs, Contrasto, Rome, 2006.
The Photobook: A History Vol. 2 (Edited by Martin Parr & Gerry Badger), Phaidon Press
Limited, London, 2006.
Darkroom, Michel Campeau: Nazraeli Press, USA, 2007.
Half awake and half asleep in the water, Asako Narahashi, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2007.
Objects, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2008.
Postcards, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2008.
Bureaucratics, Jan Banning, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2008.
School, Raimond Wouda, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2009.
Archivo, Young Photographers Foundation in cooperation with the Gerrit RIetveld
Academie, Amsterdam, 2009.
Retratos Pintados, collection of Titus Riedl, Nazraeli Press, USA, 2010.
Grimaces of a Weary Village, Rimaldas Viksraitis, White Space Gallery, London, 2010.
Brighton Photo Biennial 2010, BPB, Brighton, 2010.
Las postales de las familias Garcia Lorca y De los Rios, Caja Madrid, 2010.
Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade, PhotoIreland, Dublin, 2011.
La Creciente, Alejandro Chaskielberg Nazraeli Press, USA, 2011.
The Protest Box, Steidl, Germany, 2011.
Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight, Chris Boot Ltd, London, 2011.
The Latin American Photobook, Aperture Oundation, New York, 2011.
C Photo, New Latin Look, Ivorypress, 2012.
A retrospective of this Magnum photographer’s iconic work, plus a brand new series commissioned for the exhibition about daily life, culture and traditions in Vienna.
Street photography, that perfect intersection between chance and attention, luck and vision. In the words of a master, “it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
DON’T MISS OUT: A fresh and selective early preview of just a fraction of the wide ranging array of photography that will be on display (and for sale) at Photo London, May 19-22, 2016.
A king of kitsch, Martin Parr has just re-published a tongue-in-cheek celebration of some of the worst portrait-taking in popular culture — and he is the star of each and every picture. Say cheese!
In this exclusive audio interview, the king of biting social documentary talks about searching for vulnerability in societies, irony, humor, photobooks, and more. Enjoy!
Chris Boot
Dewi Lewis Publishing, March 29, 2016
Aperture, October 31, 2013
Aperture, May 31, 2013
Aperture, October 31, 2012
Contrasto, June 19, 2012
T&G PUBLISHING, June 01, 2012
Nazraeli Press, February 23, 2012
Nazraeli Press, Tucson, AZ, 2012
Steidl, September 15, 2011
Anya Stonelake/White Space Gallery, March 31, 2011
Schilt Publishing, February 01, 2011
Dewi Lewis Publishing, August 17, 2010
Photoink, New Delhi, India, 2010
Chris Boot, October 31, 2009
Chris Boot, June 30, 2009
Aperture, August 01, 2008
Phaidon Press, January 02, 2008
Dewi Lewis Publishing, November 01, 2007
Contrasto, March 01, 2007
Contrasto, November 01, 2006
Aperture, October 15, 2006
Phaidon Press, October 07, 2006
Nazraeli Press, Tucson, AZ, 2005
MAGNUM PHOTOS, 2005
Phaidon Press, December 01, 2004
Phaidon Press, September 23, 2003
Nazraeli Press, 2003
Phaidon Press, February 01, 2002
Dewi Lewis Publishing, January 01, 2002
Dewi Lewis Publishing, January 01, 2002
Dewi Lewis Publishing, January 01, 2002
Phaidon Press, January 05, 2001
Phaidon Press, October 18, 2000
Phaidon Press, September 20, 2000
Dewi Lewis Publishing, June 01, 2000
Phaidon Press, September 30, 1999
Charta, August 02, 1999
Jonathan Cape, March 1995
Museum of Modern Art, March 1991
Aperture, January 1991
Promenade Press, July 22, 1986
Salem House Publishers, June 1984
TBS The Book Service Ltd, December 1982