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Martin Parr (*1952) studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic from 1970 to 1973 and is today one of the most important and influential photographers in Great Britain. As early as 1990, his work was shown in the exhibition "British Photography. From The Thatcher Years" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has been a member of "Magnum Photos" since 1994. In Bristol, he founded the Martin Parr Foundation in 2017.

The IKS PHOTO collection includes numerous works from the series "Bad Weather. 1977-82", "The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85", "The Cost of Living.1986-88" and "Allotment Gardeners, 2018".

 

 

Kleingärtner (allotment gardeners), 2018

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Am Schwarzen Weg. Tatyana Schulakova (left) and son Viktor Glasser. Natalie Erworth (centre) and Christina Shenk. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 60,8 x 86,2cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Staffeln. Inge Scharn and Marilen Wocke. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 60,8 x 86,2cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Am Schwarzen Weg. Mathis Ratschinski aged 15. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 60,8 x 86,2cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed

© Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Am Schwarzen Weg. Hans Louff. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 86,2 x 60,8cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Am Schwarzen Weg. Christa Adams. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 86,2 x 60,8cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV. Am Schwarzen Weg. Ingo Reisner. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 86,2 x 60,8cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

GERMANY. Dusseldorf. KGV Zum Faselbusch. Norbert Weil. 2018. Archival Pigment Print, 86,2 x 60,8cm (paper size), Ed. 1/10, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

The Last Resort, New Brighton, England. 1983-85. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

 

The Cost of Living 1986 - 1989

 

Conservative 'mid summer madness' party, England, 1988. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), Ed. 1/25, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

 

Garden open day, Bristol, England, 1986-89. Archival Pigment Print, 50,8 x 61,2cm (paper size), Ed. 10/25, signed © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos