For five decades, British documentary photographer Martin Parr has shown us the world from his unique perspective but saturated with color and contrast. Most of his subjects are at leisure – relaxing, eating, or having a good time. [Read More]
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Famed documentary photographer Martin Parr has published a manifesto which reveals his "ten rules of photography for emerging photographers". [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-09-10 14:45
“I can’t shoot street photography where I live. My city is just so boring. I need to travel more to explore exotic places to be able to shoot more. ” Those are sentiments I had some time ago about my photography. petapixel.com »
2020-03-14 18:29
While Martin Parr has been busy promoting and preserving the works of British photographers and images taken in the British isles, controversy has recently erupted about his alleged backing of racism within the very genre he supports. thephoblographer.com »
2019-06-03 19:00
The World Photography Organisation today announced British documentary photographer Martin Parr as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution to Photography title. Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
2017-01-17 18:00
Magnum Photographer Martin Parr is one of the most respected living photographers of our time not only for his documentary work, but also for his particular style. A few years ago, he spoke to a number of students about photography, and the advice that he gave them still holds up. thephoblographer.com »
2016-12-01 11:02
An extraordinary collection of 50 photographs, owned by Henri Cartier-Bresson's brother-in-law, went to auction this week.
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Dedicating himself to capturing ordinary men and women, Louis Stettner described himself as the "world's best-known unknown photographer". [Read More]
A photographer has endeavored to capture 8,000 faces of strangers mainly in the Boston area.
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In one of her most famous quotes, the photographer Dorothea Lange said that "the camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." [Read More]
I normally dismiss ultra-fast aperture lenses because they tend to be overly large, overly expensive, and overly excessive. I rarely want to have the shallowest depth of field possible, and an f/1.
When photographer Jordan Gale moved to Portland a few years back, Oregon had just passed Measure 110 -- the first-ever U.S. drug decriminalization law -- and he wanted to explore the topic with his camera. [Read More]
Late photographer Elliott Erwitt was perhaps best known for his humorous images of dogs taken on the streets of New York City but his body of work is an important documentation of the Big Apple. [Read More]