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MPFandRRB

Photobooks,

£48, 144 pages,

hardback,ISBN

978-

★★★★★

Early works

AmyDaviesfindsmuchtoadmireinthe

mutedearlyimagesofcelebratedchronicler

ofBritishlifeandcultureMartinParr

W

e’reusedto seeing

high-impact,high-colour

andhigh-flashimages

fromMartinParr,those

whichpresentanunflinchinglookat the

worldaroundhim.Thistimeit’snotthe

case,asa newbookpresents– forthefirst

timeever– a comprehensiveoverviewof

hisearlyblack& whitework.

Createdbetween 1970 and1984,

thebookalsoincludesmorethan 20

previously unseen photographs, as well

asfamiliarearlyimagesfromhisseries

TheNon-Conformists,BadWeather

andA FairDay.

Parr’sfirstmajorbodyof work,The

Non-Conformists, hintsat thewrysense

of humourthathewouldbecomefamous

forashepointshislensat theYorkshire

townof HebdenBridgein decline.

Aswellasa selectionof Britishwork,

thereis alsoimagerywhichis lesser-

knownfromhistimespentin India

and China in the mid-1980s.

by Martin Parr

BOOK

Top:1984.Lennon’s

supermarket.A

specialcommission

ofimagesshotin

Prescot, England

Above:1983.

Yates’sWineLodge,

GreatCharlotte

Street, Liverpool

© MARTIN PARR/MAGNUM PHOTOS

© MARTIN PARR/MAGNUM PHOTOS