SIR IAN’S CALL TO ACTION

Highlights:

• Martin Parr, acclaimed British photographer, died at home in Bristol aged 73.
• Known for vivid, often humorous images of everyday life across Britain and India.
• His work is featured in over 100 books and major museums worldwide.
• The National Portrait Gallery is currently showing his exhibition Only Human.
• Parr’s legacy continues through the Martin Parr Foundation.

Martin Parr, the British photographer whose images of daily life shaped modern documentary work, has died at 73. Parr’s work, including his recent exhibition Only Human at the National Portrait Gallery, explored British identity, social rituals, and multicultural life in the years following the EU referendum.

For more than fifty years, Parr turned ordinary scenes into something memorable. He photographed beaches, village fairs, city markets, Cambridge May Balls, and private rituals of elite schools. His work balanced humour and sharp observation, often in bright, postcard-like colour.