Dir. Lee Shulman
2024 | 68 mins | UK

Showing Times

• Fri 21 Feb: 5.15pm
• Sat 22 Feb: 5.15pm
• Mon 24 Feb: 5.30pm
• Tue 25 Feb: 2pm
• Wed 26 Feb: 5.15pm

One of the most controversial photographers of his time, Martin Parr’s images often have the power to both amuse and leave us ever so slightly uncomfortable, caught between laughter and the uneasy recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumer society.

Though he’s now celebrated, collected and exhibited worldwide, Parr’s early work did not find an easy public and was highly criticized for trivializing the working class. Yet, in retrospect, perhaps he was just observing what we often overlook – forcing it into the spotlight as an essential topic of discussion. I Am Martin Parr is the definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who revolutionized contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist and accessible photographic language. Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives.

Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography.

You are invited to stay on after the Mon 24 Feb, 5.30pm screening to have a chat about the film as part of our Go Together Club, use code BUILD74 for £6 tickets to this screening.

BBFC Rating

Rated 12A – brief nudity

Image: © Lee Shulman