Photographer Martin Parr dies

British photographer Martin Parr has died at the age of 73, according to the official website of his foundation.

Parr died on December 6 at his home in Bristol, England.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce that Martin Parr died yesterday at his home in Bristol. He is survived by his wife Susie, daughter Ellen, sister Vivienne and grandson George. <…> The Martin Parr Foundation and Magnum Photos will work together to preserve and share Martin's legacy. More detailed information about this will be available later,” the message says.

Martin Parr is one of the most famous and successful documentary photographers in the world. He was born in 1952 in Epsom in Surrey. I began to be interested in photography as a child.

He has published more than 100 photo books. Parr has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1994 and its president from 2013 to 2017. Parr has also acted as a curator of festivals and photography exhibitions, and in 2013 became a visiting professor at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Parr's work is exhibited in many of the world's leading museums, from the Tate Gallery in London to the Pompidou Center in Paris. In 2017, he founded the Martin Parr Foundation, which "supports emerging, established and overlooked photographers who have made and continue to make work that celebrates Britain and Ireland."

In his photographs, Parr sought to show the lives of ordinary people. Parr shot them in ordinary settings - for example, in a cafe, on the beach or at city festivals - but thanks to the dramaturgy and special visual language, these shots, which depict everyday life, look provocative.