Utterly Lazy and Inattentive

• - Praise for Martin Parr * - *Martin Parr is a genius * W Magazine *Martin Parr is the quintessential anorak * Prospect *Martin Parr is the ultimate chronicler of Englishness * VICE *Martin Parr is the Jay-Z of documentary photography * Star Tribune *Like any successful spy, Martin Parr is the sort of guy you wouldn’t look at twice if you passed him in the street * The Times *Martin Parr is the emperor of bad taste – Vicki GoldbergLike all great artists, Martin Parr has altered how we see the world – Grayson PerryMartin Parr is a chronicler of our age … Parr enables us to see things that have seemed familiar to us in a completely new way – Thomas Weski, curator

Martin Parr is one of the world’s most famous and successful photographers, particularly celebrated as a searing and witty documentarian of British life. He holds the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous photography exhibition: on 1st April 1999, Common Sense was shown simultaneously at 41 galleries around the world. Today, there is always at least one Parr show on somewhere in the world.

Wendy Jones is a writer based in London. She is the author of seven books, including the bestselling Grayson Perry, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. She has a PhD from Goldsmiths on writing interview-based biographies, and her books have been published in eleven languages.