Only Human: Photographs by Martin Parr

by Phillip Prodger, Martin Parr, Grayson Perry (Contributor)

Explore the concepts of Britishness and national identity through the rituals and habits of everyday life Published to coincide with Parr's 2019 exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery - Only Human examines what it means to be human at a time of both change and retrospection. Martin Parr explores the photographer's most enduring subject - people - as never before. By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Martin Parr's photographs from the last decade reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight. Only Human features unpublished work and never-before-seen portraits of renowned personalities such as Alain de Botton, Anna Wintour, Paul Smith, Zadie Smith, and Vivienne Westwood. This book also includes new essays and commentary on Parr's photography by curator and writer Phillip Prodger and an introduction by Grayson Perry.

Genres: Photography, Art

240 pages, Hardcover

Published May 1, 2019

Reviews

[Nile]

Suffers from the fact it was released during Long Brexit and as a result everything about British identity and Parr's work has to refer back to it, written by London Liberals who were sure their bloodied nose cultural moment would of course be the defining cultural moment for everyone, when in fact Covid wiped away most of that sentiment.

[Brendan Mansfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has some interesting writing about Parr's career. I think the writing might've been more interesting to me than the images of the book. Overall it's a cool study of human personalities, and how we express our identities through our poses, or clothes, and our facial expressions.