This documentary uncovers the enigma behind one of contemporary photography’s most controversial figures, following him on a road trip as his camera captures the smallest details of everyday life.
Since the 1970s, Martin Parr has fearlessly held up his unique photographic mirror, capturing extraordinary visual snapshots of modern life. Sometimes serious, often absurd but always playful, his acrid commentary on consumer society makes us laugh and squirm simultaneously – caught between amusement and the uncomfortable recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumerism.
From Bristol, where he’s established his foundation, to New Brighton’s seaside resort where he returns after 40 years to reshoot his famous work The Last Resort, we see Parr work in vivid detail. Featuring intimate interviews with family, fellow photographers, artists, and filmmakers, the film explores why his garish colours and quirky obsessions sparked such debate—and how this misunderstood photographer revolutionised contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist, and accessible visual language that’s unmistakably bright, colourful, and saturated.
Welcome to Parr-world.