07/12/2025
Martin Parr, a photographer known for pictures of tourists that were both genuinely curious explorations of their lifestyle and wry indictments of it, has died on December 6 at his home in Bristol, England.
Parr was among the most famous photographers of his generation. Know best for his pictures of sunbathers and sightseers, he published countless photobooks and did fashion shoots for Vogue, Gucci, and various other brands.
Though his subjects varied widely, Parr’s photography was always characterized by a certain crassness and a fascination with “low” culture. “Depending on how you looked at his work, it was either unironically interested in its subjects or shrewdly critical of them,” Alex Greenberger writes.
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