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In the Studio: Martin Parr

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April 2nd, 2009 · Comments or link to (permalink)

Continuing in the vein of the profound in the banal, here is a short clip of the photographer, Martin Parr, talking about his work. Parr takes photographs of ordinary people and shows them in a extraordinary light - something that is very difficult to do and which easily demonstrates to the unconvinced the difference between a great photograph and a snap.

(I’m sorry if all the recent posts have been very Brit centric, its not deliberate)

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