During my EYV journey, I wrote about Martin Parrs ”Only Human” London exhibition he put on. Going through this part of the journey and mentions the term Irony I thought about some of his classic quintessential British images he captured.
I later found this BBC4 documentary he produced circa 1999 ”Think of England”. Now we venture into a new decade as this film was built the year before the start of the new millennium it’s strange in a way to look back to that time. It has quite a humorous feel to it. It captures the classic side of those hardcore elements of society from the rich to the poor and those that have strong ties to the country. This is England.
Although it’s only 20 years, you can see a shift now in society, but I don’t think this is shown in today’s photography. Martin Parr has an eye for capturing both the realism and moment within his pictures. Although his photographs are not what I would take, they are intriguing and visually stunning when looking beyond the lens. A picture does paint a thousand words.
Biography
https://youtu.be/lAgUpTxoR3Q [assessed 110120]
Part Two Context and Narrative BA HONS in Photography OCA 