Martin Parr

Martin Parr research

Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer who was born in 1953.  He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at aspects of modern life, in particular provincial and suburban life in England.







Martin takes a step back and looks at things from a different angle and then takes a picture of it. He takes pictures of what we all do but then he portrays it as weird. This is shown by some of his pictures such as these ones.

In this photo all the people look funny because the photo is taken from a different angle, yet we all would do the same if we were there.

In this picture the man is taking a picture of something else when there is an amazing photo opportunity behind him.

I like Martin Parr because he takes funny photos but we relate them to ourselves. He makes us look at all the bizarre things we do and then we laugh at them. We could however take it the wrong way because some people could be offended.