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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