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Appreciation of Martin Parr


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the work of Martin Parr, that follows a new era when the fill-in flash created a image with no shadows, I would think the use of color film here more than slide-film.
----like Alex Webb SPAIN. Barcelona. 1992, Magnum Photos
and the both born 1952.
 
Since the Butturini book controversy and the way Martin Parr "managed" it, I have little esteem for him.
 
the way Martin Parr "managed" it....what does that have to do with the photographs?????

??? Butturini book controversy????
 
Dali said:
Since the Butturini book controversy and the way Martin Parr "managed" it, I have little esteem for him.
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joho said:
??? Butturini book controversy????
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Well, he resigned as artistic director of the Bristol Photo Festival, published an apology, called the photo spread "offensive and demeaning" and said that it was inexcusable that he did not notice it.

I find that managing it all pretty well.
 

Martin Parr: Early Works / Freiraum für fotographie, Berlin

For those in or near Berlin in the coming weeks... https://fhochdrei.org/en/martin-parr-early-works/ From the website: "The exhibition Martin Parr. Early Works focuses on the early work of the MAGNUMphotographer and presents 75 rarely shown black and white images. Bird clubs in Surrey...
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He's got a new biography coming out.

Titled "Utterly Lazy and Inattentive"



Utterly Lazy and Inattentive

By the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. ‘It’s what I will do for the rest of my life, until I drop dead.’ I knew when I was very young. It was a definite decision. Don’t ask me why. I just knew it was the right thing. When Martin Parr was fourteen, his teacher wrote that he was...
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Alex Benjamin said:
Well, he resigned as artistic director of the Bristol Photo Festival, published an apology, called the photo spread "offensive and demeaning" and said that it was inexcusable that he did not notice it.

I find that managing it all pretty well.
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Yeah, he went to Canossa.
 
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