Overview
- Parr’s foundation said he died on December 6 at his Bristol home following a bone‑marrow cancer diagnosed in 2021.
- He became internationally known for flash‑lit, color‑saturated depictions of mass leisure, tourism and consumption that balanced humor with critique.
- His landmark book The Last Resort (1986) accelerated the move from austere black‑and‑white to vivid color in British documentary work.
- He joined Magnum Photos in 1994 and later served as the agency’s president from 2013 to 2017.
- He founded the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol in 2014 and transferred roughly 12,000 photobooks to Tate to secure long‑term public access.