Martin H Parr

David Goldblatt Photographs

Tuttaroma: A contemporay guide to Rome

Home and Abroad

Home and Abroad

Bad Weather

Boring Postcards

Martin Parr

Think of England

Martin Parr: Mexico

For much of his career, Martin Parr has specialized in skewering the eccentricities and peculiarities of his native Great Britain--in particular those having to do with food, tourism, bad fashion choices and more food. Mexico is Parr's first new thematic series to be published in book form since 200...

Martin Parr

This Martin Parr (b.1952) retrospective is rich in the wit and colour for which Parr's work is well known, yet simultaneously offers the first ever serious assessment of the career of this major contemporary photographer. Parr combines an urge to document with an attitude of incisive bemusement by s...

Boring Postcards USA

In Boring Postcards Magnum photographer and postcard enthusiast Martin Parr brought together 160 of the dullest postcards of 1950s, 60s and 70s Britain to make a book that was, contrary to the conceit of its title, both fascinating and extremely funny. It was one of those ideas that seemed so obviou...

Martin Parr: Bad Weather: Books on Books No. 17

Published in a landscape paperback format by A. Zwemmer Ltd in 1982, Bad Weather was the debut monograph of one of Britain's most world-renowned and prolific photographers. Armed with his famous wry humor and a water-proof camera, Martin Parr (born 1952) captured the social landscape and national ch...

Common Sense

Common Sense combines extravagantly lurid and luscious colour with Parr’s trademark sense of irony. Though hilariously funny there is a sharp and biting edge to the humor. He highlights the minutiae of everyday contemporary life—hamburgers, cigarette butts, tacky gifts and dime store combs—that have...

Martin Parr

The acute observation, wit and colour of Martin Parr's work since the mid-1980s has established his as one of the most successful and popular contemporary photographers and a leading member of the prestigious Magnum agency. The only comprehensive monograph of Martin Parr's entire career to date, thi...

Martin Parr (Phaidon 55's)

Martin Parr is an affordable, pocket-sized monograph charting the influential Magnum photographer's entire career, beginning with his early black-and-white photographs and continuing on to major projects such as The Last Resort and Think of England. The book features an introductory essay by Sandra ...

Martin Parr: The Non-Conformists

In 1975, fresh out of art school, Martin Parr moved to the picturesque Yorkshire Pennine mill town of Hebden Bridge. Over a period of five years, he documented the town in photographs, showing in particular the aspects of traditional life that were beginning to decline. Susan Mitchell, whom he had m...

Martin Parr

Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that...