Candid Research

Martin Parr lives in Bristol his family were ornithologists this developed Parrs observational methods. He was inspired in the 60's by Bill Brandt and Henri Cartier- Bresson. He started his career at the sea-side and developed his prints in black and white, in the 80's he changed to colour and documtented the social hardship that the working class people experienced under the reign of Margerat Thatcher. He now focuses on the perception of everyday day living and is his work is social documentation of this. He has held a number of exhibitions including the Barbican Art Galleery 2002 his work is stated as grotesque, laughable and moving.http://www.pwcinculture.lu/32.0html