Martin Parr

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Parr
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1952(1952-05-23)
Age	72
Birthplace	Epsom
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Taurus

Martin Parr Biography

Martin Parr is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on May 23, 1952 in Epsom, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Photographer who documents the world. He is famous for capturing the social class of England and showing the wealth of the west. He founded The Martin Parr Foundation. The Martin Parr Foundation where the majority of his work was showcased. his work.

He has worked on the editorial style photography of He has done editorial fashion photography for Paul Smith and Louis Vuitton. and Louis Vuitton.

Although John Bulmer had pioneered colour documentary photography of Britain, from 1965, Gerry Badger has said of The Last Resort:

Parr also collects postcards, photographs and various other items of vernacular and popular culture such as wallpaper, Saddam Hussein watches and prostitute advertising cards from phoneboxes (items with a photograph on them). Here too, items from his collections have been used as the basis for publications and exhibitions. Since the 1970s, Parr has collected and publicised the garish postcards made between the 1950s and 1970s by John Hinde and his team of photographers.

He has one daughter who is named Ellen Parr.

Martin Parr Net Worth

Martin Parr is one of the richest Photographer from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Parr 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He took photography classes in the course at Manchester Polytechnic.

He was elected the president of Magnum Photos International in 2014.

Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.

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In 1982 Parr and his wife moved to Wallasey, England, and he switched permanently to colour photography, inspired by the work of US colour photographers, mostly Joel Meyerowitz, but also William Eggleston and Stephen Shore, and also the British Peter Fraser and Peter Mitchell. Parr has written that “I had also encountered the post cards of John Hinde when I worked at Butlin’s in the early 70s and the bright saturated colour of these had a big impact on me.” During the summers of 1983, 1984 and 1985 he photographed working-class people at the seaside in nearby New Brighton. This work was published in the book The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton (1986) and exhibited in Liverpool and London.

Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Martin Parr celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

In 1985 Parr completed a commission for the Documentary Photography Archive in Manchester to photograph people at supermarkets in Salford, Retailing in the Borough of Salford, which is now held at the archive.