{"id":9295,"date":"2018-12-12T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2021-04-09T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T13:27:29","slug":"martin-parr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/martin-parr\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Parr"},"content":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT OF THE JURY <\/strong>[UK]\u00a0Martin Parr<\/strong><\/a> is one of the best-known documentary photographers of his generation. With over 100 books<\/strong> of his own published, and another 30 edited by Parr, his photographic legacy is already established. His photographic projects takes 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. Parr also acts as a curator and editor. He has curated two photography festivals, Arles in 2004 and Brighton Biennial in 2010. More recently Parr curated the Barbican exhibition<\/strong>, Strange and Familiar<\/em><\/a>. Parr has been a member of the Magnum Agency<\/strong><\/a> since 1994 and was President from 2013 – 2017. In 2013 Parr was appointed the visiting professor of photography at the University of Ulster. Parr\u2019s work has been collected by many of the major museums, from the Tate<\/strong>, the Pompidou<\/strong> and the Museum of Modern Art in New York<\/strong>. Martin Parr established the Martin Parr Foundation<\/strong><\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

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\n \n New Brighton, England, 1983-85<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n Kalkan, Turkey, 1994<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n Tom Greenwood, Hangingroyd Road, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1975<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n Mayor of Todmorden\u2019s inaugural banquet, West Yorkshire, England, 1977<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n Margate, Kent, England, 1986<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n The Grecians Ball, Christ\u2019s Hospital School, West Sussex, England, 2010<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n St Ives, Cornwall, England, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a9 Martin Parr \/ Magnum Photos<\/h6>\n

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