Martin Parr

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The Non-Conformists

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In 1975, Martin Parr, fresh from art school, began a five-year photographic exploration of Hebden Bridge, a Yorkshire Pennine mill town undergoing rapid change. Together with Susie Mitchell, whom he later married, Parr captured the traditional life and community centred around a small Methodist chapel, emblematic of the area's fading culture. Their combined photographs and detailed narratives create a vivid and affectionate portrait of cobbled streets, mill workers, gamekeepers, and shop owners, preserving the unique spirit of this independent town.
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This book appeals to photography enthusiasts, admirers of Martin Parr’s work, and those interested in British social history and rural culture, especially in the context of 1970s Yorkshire life.

Martin Parr’s first major body of work, from the mid- 19 70 s, published in book form for the first time

Martin Parr's first major body of work, from the mid- 19 70 s, published in book form for the first time

Description

In 1975, fresh out of art school, Martin Parr moved to the picturesque Yorkshire Pennine mill town of Hebden Bridge. Over a period of five years, he documented the town in photographs, showing in particular the aspects of traditional life that were beginning to decline.

Susan Mitchell, whom he had met in Manchester and later married, joined Parr in documenting a year in the life of a small Methodist chapel, together with its farming community. Such chapels seemed to encapsulate the region's disappearing way of life. Here Martin Parr found his photographic voice, while together he and Susie assembled a remarkable and touching historic document—now published in book form for the first time.

Martin Parr takes its title from the Methodist and Baptist chapels that then characterized this area of Yorkshire and defined the fiercely independent character of the town. Non-Conformist Methodists reject the tenets of state Anglicism, and the Non-Conformist chapel of Hebden Bridge is central to the town and its community.

In words and pictures, the Parrs vividly and affectionately document cobbled streets, flat-capped mill workers, hardy gamekeepers, henpecked husbands, and jovial shop owners. The best Parr photographs are interwoven with Susie Parr’s detailed background descriptions of the society they observed.

Martin Parr (born 1952) is a key figure in the world of photography, recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. Author of more than 30 photography books, including Common Sense, Our True Intent Is All for Your Delight, and Life’s a Beach, his photographs have been collected by museums worldwide, including the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Tate Modern, London.

A retrospective of his work continues to tour major museums around the world since opening at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 2002. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos.

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Reviewers praise the book for its thoughtful and melancholic portrayal of a disappearing way of life. PDN highlights the compelling documentary style and the integration of Susie Parr’s stories alongside Martin Parr’s photographs, while The New York Times Book Review describes it as a lovely and poignant account. Readers discover a lesser-known, formative phase of Parr's work that reveals his early focus on thoughtful black-and-white images of small-town England.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597112451

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 October 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: Illustrated in duotone throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 920g

Pages: 168

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Martin Parr is a key figure in the world of photography, recognized as a brilliant satirist of contemporary life. He has published over seventy photobooks of his photographs, including The Non-Conformists (Aperture, 2013), Black Country Stories (2014), and We Love Britain (2014). His work is also in the collections of museums worldwide, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Tate Modern, London. Parr is a member of Magnum Photos. Susie Parr is a writer and researcher, and author of the critically acclaimed The Story of Swimming (2011); she and Martin Parr married in 1980.