British documentary photographer Martin Parr dies

Martin Parr CBE, the famed British documentary lensman hailed arsenic "a giant" of his craft, has died aged 73.

The Martin Parr Foundation announced his decease successful a connection connected their website connected Sunday saying: "It is with large sadness that we denote that Martin Parr (1952-2025) died yesterday astatine location successful Bristol.

"He is survived by his woman Susie, his girl Ellen, his sister Vivien and his grandson George. The household asks for privateness astatine this time.

"The Martin Parr Foundation and Magnum Photos volition enactment unneurotic to sphere and stock Martin's legacy.

"More accusation connected this volition travel successful owed course. Martin volition beryllium greatly missed."

Parr was recognised successful the Queen's 2021 day honours with a CBE for services to photography and was "one of the best-known documentary photographers of his generation", according to a statement on his foundation's website.

Parr, who was calved successful Surrey and based his vocation successful Bristol, had been a subordinate of Magnum Photos since 1994 and was president from 2013 to 2017.

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In 2017, Parr established the Martin Parr Foundation arsenic a location for British photography.

'A elephantine of photography'

In a punctuation astir his benignant on a dedicated leafage connected Magnum, Parr said: "With photography, I similar to make fabrication retired of reality. I effort and bash this by taking society's earthy prejudice and giving this a twist."

His enactment has been collected by immoderate of the world's starring museums, including the Tate successful the UK, the Centre Pompidou successful Paris and the Museum of Modern Art successful New York.

The British Journal of Photography paid tribute to him, with a connection saying: "A elephantine of photography, Martin Parr helped foster a seachange successful documentary astatine Magnum Photos and went connected to people scores of photobooks and triumph retrospectives astatine Barbican Art Gallery and Jeu de Paume, Paris.

"He besides championed different image-makers, supporting them done his postulation and done his publishing activities and assemblage space."