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Marin Parr stands with a camera around his neck on a beach promenade next to an anti-litter sign and a couple.

I Am Martin Parr

Duration: 1h7m
Dates: Fri 4 - Thu 10 Apr 2025

One of the most controversial photographers of his time, Martin Parr’s images often have the power to both amuse and leave us ever so slightly uncomfortable, caught between laughter and the uneasy recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumer society.

Though he’s now celebrated, collected and exhibited worldwide, Parr’s early work did not find an easy public and was highly criticized for trivializing the working class. Yet, in retrospect, perhaps he was just observing what we often overlook - forcing it into the spotlight as an essential topic of discussion. I Am Martin Parr is the definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who revolutionized contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.

A Martin Parr photograph shows a woman sunbathing on an empty beach next to a large digger, while a little girl plays next to her.
I Am Martin Parr
A photograph by Martin Parr shows a woman taking a photograph on a digital camera while many pigeons land on her head and shoulders.
I Am Martin Parr

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