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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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CURRENT SHOW

Made out of Orchards by Tessa Bunney

21 JUL - 25 SEP 2022

In 2019 MPF commissioned Tessa Bunney to create ‘Made Out of Orchards’, a new body of photography exploring the cider industry today. From Wassailing events, to the pruning process, to harvesting, to documenting over 400 varieties of apple, Tessa has photographed the industry from 2019 through to 2022. The resulting work captures the cider industry at a time of transition and hardship, as cider makers adapt to accommodate Brexit and the pandemic, among other significant changes.

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BOP 22 / PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL

BOP – Books on Photography – is the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society. This year BOP will take place 08 to 09 OCT and be held across the MPF gallery, RPS House and the Paintworks Event Space, Bristol. The festival is accompanied by a programme of artist talks, events, book signings, a book making workshop, a photo pub quiz, street food, coffee and beer. Publishers taking part in the festival include GOST, Setanta Books, Café Royal Books, Magnum Photos, Overlapse and many more, with over 50 stall holders joining for the weekend.

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NEW ON THE MPF SHOP

Thames Log (SIGNED)

By Chloe Dewe Mathews

£40.00

Martin Parr Face Masks

By Martin Parr Foundation

£20.00

Growing Spaces (SIGNED)

By Chris Hoare

£28.00

The British Isles (SIGNED)

By Jamie Hawkesworth

£80.00

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