I am Martin Parr

A film by Lee Shulman. Starts December 3rd at the fsk. In English with German subtitles

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Martin Parr is regard­ed as one of the most con­tro­ver­si­al pho­to­graph­ers of his time. His images often have the power to both amu­se us and make us feel slight­ly unea­sy, caught bet­ween laugh­ter and the uncom­for­ta­ble rea­li­sa­ti­on that we reco­g­ni­se our­sel­ves in his uncom­pro­mi­sing por­trait of con­su­mer society.

Although he is now cele­bra­ted, coll­ec­ted and exhi­bi­ted world­wi­de, Parr’s ear­ly works found litt­le audi­ence and were hea­vi­ly cri­ti­cis­ed for tri­via­li­sing the working class. In hind­sight, howe­ver, he may sim­ply have obser­ved what we often over­look – and brought it into the spot­light as an important topic for dis­cus­sion. ‘I Am Martin Parr’ is the por­trait of an extra­or­di­na­ry pho­to­grapher who revo­lu­tio­nis­ed con­tem­po­ra­ry pho­to­gra­phy by inven­ting a poli­ti­cal, huma­ni­stic and acces­si­ble pho­to­gra­phic language.

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FR 2024, 70 mins, English with German sub­tit­les
Director: Lee Shulman
Cinematography: Maxime Kathar
Editing: Raphaëlle Martin-Holger

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