Overview
- Parr died at home in Bristol, with his family confirming the news in a social media post from his studio.
- Over more than five decades, he turned leisure, tourism and consumer culture into vivid, ironic studies of everyday life.
- His emblematic 1980s series The Last Resort helped cement his status while later projects took his themes to a global stage.
- He joined Magnum Photos in 1994 and later served as its president, bringing a fresh, sometimes polarizing perspective to the agency.
- The Bristol-based Martin Parr Foundation preserves his archive and supports British and Irish documentary photography, reflecting a legacy spanning 100-plus books and numerous international exhibitions.