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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Tim Jonze and Lanre Bakare

Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73

Martin Parr at the opening of his exhibition Only Human at the National Portrait Gallery in 2019.
Martin Parr at the opening of his exhibition Only Human at the National Portrait Gallery in 2019. Photograph: Guy Corbishley/Alamy

Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021.

A statement from the Martin Parr Foundation on Sunday said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Martin Parr died yesterday at home in Bristol.

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