Not really – it was exactly as I expected. Sorry about that – it’s a boring answer, isn’t it? But I know Britain very well, so I know what to expect. I’m very well travelled around Britain. What was it you were expecting? Well, exactly what we got, which is a slightly economically run-down city enlivened by the city of culture. And friendly people – it’s the north of England, Yorkshire, so they were friendly. See also

My Amsterdam. Amsterdam: De Verbeelding, 2005. ISBN 9074159788. Photographs by Ed van der Elsken. Accompanying an exhibition at Amsterdam Fotomuseum/FOAM; edited and introduced by Parr.Parr was born in Surrey in 1952, later studying Photography at Manchester Polytechnic. He has exhibited his work globally since 1974, including exhibitions at The National Portrait Gallery and The Photographer’s Gallery, London, The National Centre of Photography, Paris and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan. Parr is prolific in his output and has published over a hundred books of his own work. He has won many awards throughout his career including the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Award, Photokina’s Eric Solomon Award for photojournalism and in 2017, Sony World Photography Award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography. Parr was the president of Magnum Photos between 2013 – 2017, and remains one of the country’s most popular photojournalists, contributing to a wide range of printed media. Parr founded the Martin Parr Foundation in 2014, opening its premises in Bristol in 2017. The Foundation holds Parr’s own archive, and is a centre for talks, screenings and events. During the years of doing the 67 medium format, I used flash quite a lot,” says the documentary photographer. “[The colors] are quite brightly intense, and I like the brashness of that palette, so I was quite happy to adopt. These days I still have a flash gun, but I don’t use it quite as much, but I have a classic Gary Fong [diffuser] on top of the 5D if I need it.” John Davies, Martin Parr. Sguardi Gardesani 2. Milan: Charta, 1999. ISBN 8881582236. Photographs by Parr and John Davies, text by Franco Rella. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Museo Civico, Riva del Garda; text in Italian and English. We Love Britain!. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2014. ISBN 978-3829606875. Edited by Inka Schube and with text by Inka Schube in German and English. Photographs of traces of Britishness in and around Hanover, Germany.

Signs of the Times: A Portrait of the Nation's Tastes. Manchester: Cornerhouse, 1992. ISBN 0948797916. Text by Nicholas Barker, from a BBC television series. Return to Manchester. Manchester: Manchester Art Gallery, 2018. Edited by Natasha Howes. ISBN 9780901673978. With a foreword by Alistair Hudson. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Martin Parr's Best Books of the Decade. PhotoIreland, 2011. OCLC 756036166. Edited by Moritz Neumüller and Ángel Luis González. With texts by Parr and 30 photographers. Hong Kong Parr. London: GOST and Hong Kong: Blindspot Gallery, 2014. ISBN 978-1910401002. Photographs of Hong Kong in 2013 commissioned by Blindspot Gallery, accompanied by an exhibition at the gallery.First I saw [the work of] all the photographers coming from America like Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Joel Meyerowitz,” remembers Parr. “It was inspiring to see Sally Eauclaire travel to the UK with her book The New Color Photography, which we all liked and went to see her and hear her talk. Also, I’ve been collecting postcards around the John Hinde theme, very brash bright postcards, and I thought, let’s just try color [in the early 1980s.]” Braga, Portugal, 1999 a b c d e f g h i Byrne, Ciar (7 January 2008). "Martin Parr: How to put photography in the frame". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 31 March 2014. Channel 4 series, Picture This ... Martin Parr ... is one of the three judges on the show ... BBC4's The Genius of Photography, which also featured Parr ... Parr, who was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1952, was introduced to the camera by his grandfather, a keen amateur photographer who lived on the outskirts of Bradford, West Yorkshire. He went on to study photography at school ... In the early part of his career, teaching provided the bulk of his income ... In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Photography at the University of Wales, Newport ... Magnum paved the way for Parr to do more commercial work, including fashion shoots for the likes of Paul Smith and Louis Vuitton, and magazine features ... his pictures already use "the language of advertising", making them more accessible ... In 2004, Parr was the guest artistic director for Rencontre D'Arles

The Last Resort: Photographies de New Brighton. Marseille: Images en Manœuvres, 2009. ISBN 2849951544. French-language version. The Big Issue: On the Ring Road. The Big Issue 451, 20–26 August 2001. OCLC 500941730. "Martin Parr explores the strange rituals of suburban Britain". [73] Martin Parr's glorious photos of bad food won’t make you hungry. They might even nauseate you. But you won't be able to look away. His new book, with the wry title Real Food, is gut-busting celebration of everything your mother would never let you eat."— Wired Online The Chinese Photobook. With WassinkLundgren. New York: Aperture, 2015. ISBN 978-1-59711-228-4; Mid-Sized Edition, 2016, ISBN 978-1-59711-375-5. With texts by Gu Zheng, Raymond Lum, Ruben Lundgren, Stephanie H. Tung, and Gerry Badger. [77]Parr joined Magnum Photos as an associate member in 1988. The vote on his inclusion as a full member in 1994 was divisive, with Philip Jones Griffiths circulating a plea to other members not to admit him. [35] Parr achieved the necessary two-thirds majority by one vote. Magnum membership helped him work on editorial photography, [9] and on editorial fashion photography for Paul Smith, Louis Vuitton, Galerie du jour Agnès B. and Madame Figaro. [9] [10] :60–61 [36]