Martin Parr
PhotographerKnown for: flash-lit color documentation of British and global consumer culture
Martin Parr has spent more than four decades photographing the British working and middle classes — at the seaside, in the supermarket, on foreign holidays — with a flash-lit color saturation that simultaneously documents and satirizes mass consumer culture. He joined Magnum Photos in 1994. He has built one of the largest collections of photobooks in the world, which he has donated to the Tate archive.
Gear & Materials(2)
Plaubel
The Makina 67 is a folding medium format rangefinder producing 6×7cm negatives on 120 film. It uses a fixed Nikkor 80mm f/2.8 lens and collapses flat for transport. It was widely used by documentary photographers working in color from the 1980s onward.
“Parr used the Plaubel Makina 67 for "The Last Resort" (1986) and his subsequent color work; discussed in multiple Magnum interviews.”
Kodak
Portra 400 is a fine-grain color negative film rated at ISO 400. Its neutral color balance and wide exposure latitude, useful in situations requiring both shadow and highlight detail, made it a standard film in portrait, documentary, and editorial photography.
“Parr has discussed shooting on Kodak Portra in multiple interviews about his color work.”
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