Jacquemus<\/a> and Martin Parr attend the \u201cJacquemus x Martin Parr\u201d book signing as part of Paris Fashion Week at Jacquemus Montaigne on Oct. 3, 2023, in Paris. (Photo by Francois Durand\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cHe went through my collection, picked the outfits, and I did face paint to contrast his usual casual aesthetic \u2014 thinking go big or go home. He sent me a signed portrait afterward, which I\u2019ll cherish forever,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\n\tSimon Porte Jacquemus said Parr\u2019s work inspired him. \u201cI will remember forever our project together when we created a book to document our first show in Versailles, \u2018Le Chouchou,\u2019 and our book signing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The French designer was referring to his fall 2023 at the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, where Parr captured models on the runway, handbags propped on garden chairs and Champagne-swilling guests clamoring for fresh cherries piled on silver trays.<\/p>\n
\n\tGuillaume Henry recalled his encounter with Parr around 2010 when a magazine commissioned Parr to photograph him. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt was a true, organic rendezvous. I literally stayed, let\u2019s say, three minutes in front of his camera, and that was more than enough, because he was the kind of artist who captures the moment and doesn\u2019t want to force things to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Patou creative director, who later collected several of Parr\u2019s early works both in color and black and white, said he was taken by the timelessness of his style, capturing beauty in ordinary things. \u201cIt was very emotional, sensitive and full of human grace. I never had the feeling that he was making fun of people, even if they didn\u2019t look at their best. It was always very gentle,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tMartin Parr attends his exhibition \u201cShort & Sweet\u201d at Museo Civico Archeologico on Dec. 7, 2024, in Bologna, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Serra \u2013 Iguana Press\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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\n\tSophia Neophitou-Apostolou, the founder and global editor in chief of 10 Magazine, said that when she was at The Independent newspaper, the team asked Parr to photograph Donatella Versace for the cover, \u201cand he photographed her slurping on a big straw. I love the way he was totally there, but not there. That\u2019s the key to a brilliant documentary photographer. You never know they\u2019re there, but they\u2019re documenting. All the normal things, you wouldn\u2019t even think were worth documenting, he would find the beauty in them.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cHe saw the world in such a unique way, and that\u2019s what made his work so special. Five different photographers could take pictures of the same event, but he would always get the least expected, least predictable image. My dream assignment? I would have loved to have done a couture story, but with the customers. He would have found something so clever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\n\tParr was fascinated by human behavior, even at its most repetitive and banal. In an interview with WWD last year, he said he enjoyed observing people smoke, even though he never picked up the habit himself.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the old days, Parr said he would always gravitate to the smoking part of airplanes because \u201cyou just get more interesting people. In other words, smokers can be more interesting. I always enjoyed the people I met at the back of the plane, even if I wasn\u2019t smoking myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe photos in \u201cNo Smoking\u201d were based on his archive of 56,000 images at Magnum. At the time, the photographer said he was hoping to publish more themed books based on his archive.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been photographing nonstop for 55 years, so if I wanted to do a book on dogs or cats, I could do that tomorrow, no problem. You name it, and I\u2019ve got it,\u201d Parr said. <\/p>\n
\n\tNext month, the Jeu de Paume in Paris will dedicate a major show to Parr called \u201cGlobal Warning,\u201d a retrospective of around 180 works that spotlight overconsumption, mass tourism, social inequality and the invasion of plastic.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe show runs from Jan. 30 until May 24, and the Jeu de Paume said it will now be a \u201ccelebration\u201d of Parr\u2019s legacy, and a moment to honor him.<\/p>\n
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