MARTIN PARR -THE ART OF HUMOR
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With an eye for the awkward, the kitschy, and the all-too-human, Parr transforms the mundane into something both revealing and deeply amusing. In these two films, we’re invited into his world: his books, his beliefs, his quirks, and his unapologetic love for the flawed.
1. DESIGN, TITLES, PAPER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING YOUR OWN HISTORY🕒 37 min
Welcome to Martin Parr’s personal library, a space overflowing with photo books (about 120 of them are his, depending on who’s counting). Here, he speaks with a mix of sincerity and sarcasm about publishing, design, and the joy of choosing the right paper. He reflects on how photography isn’t about perfection, but about documenting the world as it is: uncomfortable, strange, sometimes hilarious, always human. “Magazines want perfection,” he shrugs. “I want flaws. Flaws are interesting.”
2. FACE TO FACE TALK 🕒 — min
In this candid home visit, we meet the man behind the camera. Parr speaks about what drives him, from the everyday banality of British beach culture to the exaggerated rituals of global tourism. He calls himself a satirist, but insists his fiction is rooted firmly in reality. Understated, dry, and unexpectedly profound, Parr offers insights into his method—and his mission to photograph life without the glossy filter.
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DESIGN, TITLES, PAPER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TELLING YOUR OWN HISTORY
He has published several books (about 120, according to himself) and in this video we visit him in his library to talk about his books. A sense of British humor, sarcasm and mischief are always present in Parrs’s photos. Magazines want perfect renditions of things in our lives, I’m not interested in that, he says. “Everything is flawed. We are all flawed as human beings, and that's the thing that makes us interesting so why hide it? Otherwise, we're surrounded by propaganda.” 37.min
He has published several books (about 120, according to himself) and in this video we visit him in his library to talk about his books. A sense of British humor, sarcasm and mischief are always present in Parrs’s photos. Magazines want perfect renditions of things in our lives, I’m not interested in that, he says. “Everything is flawed. We are all flawed as human beings, and that's the thing that makes us interesting so why hide it? Otherwise, we're surrounded by propaganda.” 37.min
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FACE TO FACE TALK
Meet Magnum Photographer Martin Parr in his personal surroundings where he reveal the root of his inspiration. He is one of the best known documentary photographers of his generation, a modern-day satirist who says he likes to “create fiction out of reality”.
Meet Magnum Photographer Martin Parr in his personal surroundings where he reveal the root of his inspiration. He is one of the best known documentary photographers of his generation, a modern-day satirist who says he likes to “create fiction out of reality”.
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THE ART OF HUMOR
Martin Parr.
