Paris show by late Martin Parr views his photos through political lens

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There is a sarcastic and acidic glimmer in the eyes of photographer Martin Parr (Epson, 1952–Bristol, 2025) that many confused for years with a simple sense of humor. It was not the same. His critical analysis of the consumer society, of the empire of leisure born in the late 1960s to colonize the aspirational dreams of a population out of poverty, was very serious, even if it made you smile and many did not understand it. The final irony, howev…

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Over-tourism, over-consumption... The nearly one hundred and eighty prints exhibited in Paris until May put in the foreground the Englishman, who, under Cree colors and humour, staged the overflows of our Western lives.