tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post8525409573619253592..comments2023-09-17T14:19:39.504+01:00Comments on Manchester Photography: Martin Parr's British Cities-RELOADED.......mark pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07052975033689540251noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-27704830126448511762008-05-24T07:02:00.000+01:002008-05-24T07:02:00.000+01:00ere, ere, your only ever as good as your last proj...ere, ere, your only ever as good as your last project..........mark pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052975033689540251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-28140484177358934162008-05-23T21:12:00.000+01:002008-05-23T21:12:00.000+01:00Thanks for the kind words Mark ... and the heads u...Thanks for the kind words Mark ... and the heads up regarding Guardian this weekend... like you, I can't find anything regarding Parr on the Guardian site etc...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-12910896024775065522008-05-23T19:53:00.000+01:002008-05-23T19:53:00.000+01:00I went to a talk given by Martin Parr a few months...I went to a talk given by Martin Parr a few months back in Manchester. I used to quite admire his work and his style, but I've lost all respect. He is rude, arrogant (through being utterly bored and with his ever-increasing 'I'm so far above this' attitude), I was really disappointed.<BR/>His work is becoming more and more lazy. His shots are dull, they don't say or mean anything. His old work is OK, but now, he seemingly just holds the camera and clicks. In every new picture I see there's so much of an 'I'm Martin Parr so it's bound to be great' attitude.<BR/>Erm, no...<BR/>You're Martin Parr and you need to get off your high horse and stop being such a wanker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-73239448979853478992008-05-22T11:28:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:28:00.000+01:00Nah, just dull this time.......Nah, just dull this time.......mark pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052975033689540251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-17363174285175716492008-05-22T00:52:00.000+01:002008-05-22T00:52:00.000+01:00Martin Parr : provocative as ever.Martin Parr : provocative as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-37616392403681648782008-05-21T14:47:00.000+01:002008-05-21T14:47:00.000+01:00Tom,Funny really but nothing much about it on web,...Tom,<BR/>Funny really but nothing much about it on web, just on that flickr martin parr thingy. Not even anything about it on Guardian site? Look out though in Saturdays Guardians as I'm sure he must be doing London. Different city each week (I think)available only in that city, again I think. To be honest the whole things a bit odd.Like you blog by the way, will link to it when I've got the fact that the MIGHTY REDS are kings of Europe (pray) out of the way! Until then everyone click on toms name top left of his comment for a very interesting London photo blog........ Nice one....mark pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052975033689540251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-63981682562132279402008-05-21T10:25:00.000+01:002008-05-21T10:25:00.000+01:00wish I had seen the work...wish I had seen the work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608862971657438280.post-83533351385580061512008-05-20T13:28:00.000+01:002008-05-20T13:28:00.000+01:00To me, the most pertinent thing Parr hit on was th...To me, the most pertinent thing Parr hit on was the dominance of the supermarkets and the demise of the small trader. I know where he was going with the Trafford Centre, maybe looking at the rise of the nouveau riche - but there are so many other places he could have got far stronger material from. The Chill Factor next door? The food court in Selfridges (battered cockroach on a stick anyone?), the Maserati and Lamborghini showrooms? Whenever I go into Manchester, I have this desire to love the city for all its maverick history, but soon get jolted back to reality when I realize so much of it has simply become the seductive, vacuous consumer paradise you find everywhere else. Everywhere you see/hear him, Parr preaches that this consumer world is and should be the new front-line for documentary photographers to work in. And when you see his work in Dubai, Moscow and the China auto fair, I think he does a great job. But sadly, he couldn't do it in Manchester - maybe because he has affection for the place, I don't know.<BR/><BR/>At one point in the supplement, Parr even says (and I quote) "the well-liked Urbis exhibition centre." Well-liked? By whom? It's a white elephant that can't hold on to its tennants. Elsewhere, Parr goes on about how he wishes his work created more controversy, the way it used to. Well, the controversy here isn't about his work, but about the lack of it. Again, I put it to you your honour, that Parr invested little in this commission and possibly had his mind on other more seductive matters such as the upcoming New York Photo Festival.<BR/><BR/>Either way, to me this whole thing does reek of the Emperor's New Clothes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com