{"id":172461,"date":"2025-12-07T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172461\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:01:10","slug":"photographer-martin-parr-dies-aged-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172461\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.<\/p>\n

He died on Saturday at his home in Bristol, the director of the Martin Parr Foundation, Jenni Smith, told BBC News.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, the foundation said he would “be greatly missed” and was survived by his wife Susie, daughter Ellen, sister and grandson. It added the family asked for privacy.<\/p>\n

The documentary photographer rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, with The Last Resort: his study of working class people on holiday in New Brighton in Merseyside.<\/p>\n

Parr’s works were known for capturing the smallest details of everyday life. His photographs were playful and had humour, but also provoked debate and discussion.<\/p>\n

“I make serious photographs disguised as entertainment,” he told The Architectural Review in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I try to point out when I find universal truths. Truth is subjective, but it’s the world how I found it.”<\/p>\n

Jonathan Stephenson, who collaborated on art and design projects with Parr over the years, told BBC News he died peacefully watching football, adding he was “a firm and loyal friend”.<\/p>\n

“It was a massive privilege – and continually inspiring – to engage with Martin’s eyes and mind,” he said. “Martin’s enthusiasm for everyday life was infectious.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Photographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-172461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}