Martin Parr Honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Photography

2. World-renowned British photographer Martin
Parr has been named as the recipient of
the World Photography Organisation's
Outstanding Contribution to Photography title
Parr's career has spanned more than 40
years, often focusing on themes of leisure,
consumption and communication, finding
drama in the everyday.
By recording, in minute detail, the world as he
sees it, his reflection of national
characteristics and international phenomena
has pioneered a new genre and set a new tone
in documentary photography.

3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, 1990. From 'Small World'

4. The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, 1994. From 'Small World'

5. Abandoned Morris Minors, from 'A Fair Day', 1980-1983, Glencar, County Sligo, Ireland

6. Venice, Italy, 2005

7. Sorrento, Italy, 2014

8. Gourock Lido, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2004. From A8

9. Acropolis, Athens, Greece,
1991. From 'Small World'

10. Spain. Benidorm. From 'Common Sense'. 1997.

11. Common Sense, Woman

12. Spain. Benidorm. 1997

14. USA. Florida. Miami. From 'Common Sense'. 1998

15. GB. England. Dorset. From 'West Bay'. 1996

16. GB. England. Ascot. From 'Think of England.' 1999.

17. GB. England. Weymouth. From 'Think of England.' 2000.

18. GB. England. New Brighton. From 'The Last Resort'. 1983-85

20. Szechenyi thermal baths, Budapest, Hungary, 1997

21. GB. England. West
Yorkshire. Calderdale.
Hebden Bridge. Wedding
at Crimsworth Dean
Methodist Chapel. 1977.

22. GB. England. West Yorkshire.
Calderdale. Boulderclough
Methodist Chapel. Anniversary
Tea. From 'The non-
conformists'. 1978.

23. CHINA. Shanghai. American Dream Park. 1997.

24. CHINA. Shandong Province. Qingdao. 2010

25. China. Qinhuangdao. Beidaihe. 2010

26. EGYPT. Giza. The Sphinx. 1992.

27. USA. California. Venice Beach. From 'Common Sense'. 1998.

28. GB. England. Walsall. The Black
Country. The Royal wedding
between Kate Middleton and
Prince William. Hobart Drive
Street Party. 2011.

30. SWITZERLAND. St Moritz. Snow Polo World Cup. From 'Luxury'. 2011.

31. GB. England. London. From 'Common Sense'. 1995.

32. USA. Kentucky Derby. 2015

33. GB. England. London. City of London. Silent Ceremony. 2014

34. ITALY. Rome. Trevisi Fountain. 2005.

36. ITALY. Rome. 2005

37. GEORGIA. Tbilisi. Tbilisi Market. 2009.

38. USA. Las Vegas. From 'Small World'. 2000.

40. USA. Utah. Salt Lake
City Airport. Returning
Missionaries. 2015.

41. Ascot, England from Think of England © Martin Parr

43. GB. England. Malvern. From 'Flowers'. 1999

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