Martin Parr : Common Sense [Lollipop] Parr Throughout his career Martin Parr

Throughout his career Martin Parr has captured daily life as it really is and as you sift through the archives it is rather difficult to not stumble upon a cigarette

The photographs were made specifically for this book by Michelle Grabner in her Chicago studio

paperback book in a screenprinted cardboard box

British Food is the beginning of Parr’s fascination with food as a way to explore social issues and identity

Presented in the form of a traditional photo album

Martin Parr : Common Sense [Lollipop] Parr Throughout his career Martin ParrMartin Parr UK, b1952 Lollipop 1999, Xerox print 11 1 2 16 in 29. 2 40. 6 cm Installation series Signed in black ink on the back of the photograph In 1999, Martin Parr released Common Sense, a provocative photographic series examining global consumerism through 350 hyper saturated, tightly cropped images. Focusing on the minutiae of everyday lifefast food, garish clothing, kitschy souvenirsthe series highlights the absurdities of mass production and