Category: Art
Photograph courtesy of Martin Parr
Come on a journey where you will be unsettled with ambiguous emotional reactions, unsure whether to laugh or cry. Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and full member of Magnum Photos who lampoons modern society, especially consumerism, foreign travel and tourism, family and relationships. His approach to documentary photography is intimate, anthropological and humorous. Parr is also a keen collector of garish postcards made in the 1950s and 1970s and his collections have been used as the basis for publications and are a key influence on his iconic photographs. This exhibition comprises sixty of those photographic books featuring his high-saturation colour and satirical films. Parr’s recent work has included collaboration with our favourite designer here at Amelia’s, Mr. Paul Smith in Ilford, capturing people wearing Smith's Autumn/Winter 2007 collection.
Gallery open Tuesday to Friday 10-6, and Saturday 12-6 from 13 November to 30 January 2010