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Martin Parr, Chronicler of British Life, Dies at 73

The family requests privacy following his death at home in Bristol.

Overview

  • The Martin Parr Foundation announced his death and said it will work with Magnum Photos to preserve and share his legacy.
  • He is survived by his wife Susie, his daughter Ellen, his sister Vivien and his grandson George.
  • No further details on the circumstances were released, though the Guardian previously reported a cancer diagnosis in May 2021.
  • Parr became known for colour-saturated, satirical images of everyday life, with The Last Resort (1986) marking a shift in British documentary photography.
  • He joined Magnum Photos in 1994, later served as its president from 2014 to 2017, founded his Bristol-based archive in 2014, and recently published the autobiographical Utterly Lazy and Inattentive.