Martin Parr

Martin Parr is one of the greatest social documentary photographers of our time. This is partly because of his interest in the idiocies of mass tourism but also his exploration of the lower and middle class’ interaction within themselves and the world at large. The defining feature of his work is his humor, a very British humor that when combined with the vivid use of colour brings about a very lurid emotive image.
I personally enjoy his work, especially the ‘common sense series’ of which there are 4 of his images at the NGV international. They are rather large images and I think the size accentuates the lurid nature of his work. (The first 2 images of this blog are at the NGV)