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Martin Parr Foundation supports emerging, established and overlooked photographers who have made and continue to make work focussed on Britain and Ireland.

We preserve a growing collection of significant photographic works and strive to make photography engaging and accessible for all.

We are committed to making the Martin Parr Foundation a place for everyone and to reflect the diversity of British and Irish culture.

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A Year in the Life of Chew Stoke Village by Martin Parr

19 JAN - 09 APR 2023

In 1992 Martin Parr immersed himself in the rural Somerset village of Chew Stoke, situated on the outskirts of Bristol, where he spent a year documenting village life. This resulted in an early Parr body of social documentary photography and was originally a commission for The Telegraph Magazine.

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Rinko Kawauchi / Artist Talk and Book Signing

Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi will join Martin Parr Foundation to discuss her creative practice in a rare chance to hear Rinko talk photography in the UK.

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NEW ON THE MPF SHOP

Chris Killip 1946-2020 (SIGNED BY THE EDITORS)

By Chris Killip

£70.00

Chew Stoke SOFTCOVER (SIGNED)

By Martin Parr

£60.00

Illuminance

By Rinko Kawauchi

£45.00

The Shipping Forecast (SIGNED)

By Mark Power

£55.00

FOUNDATION ARCHIVE

GILLES PERESS
POWER IN THE BLOOD

Gilles Peress spent much of the 1980s attempting to describe the totality of life within the conflict raging in the North of Ireland:  Days when big events happened and days when nothing happened, the smell of beer, the passage of time…

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Martin Parr Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales No. 1161282