Martin Parr talks photography with Maggie Murray and Brenda Prince in this Sofa Session, touching on Format photographic agency and the miners strike.

Brenda and Maggie were founding members of Format in 1983, the first all-woman photographic agency. They discuss their experience as photojournalists and Brenda’s photographic practice documenting women who undertake non-traditional work roles, as well as her work highlighting the role women played during the 1984 miners’ strike.

This Sofa Session has been produced to coincide with the MPF exhibition ONE YEAR! Photographs from the miners’ strike 1984 – 85, on display 18 JAN to 31 MAR 2024.

Filmed and edited by Alexander Parkyn-Smith.