About The Work
After graduating from Manchester Polytechnic, Parr and a group of his fellow photography graduates moved to the industrial Pennine town of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, where Parr seized the opportunity to witness the northern working class with all its idiosyncrasies and dwindling traditions: 'The chapels seemed to encapsulate everything that I was interested in, in terms of the traditional aspect of life in Yorkshire: decaying and declining, hanging on with great verve and principle and great belief in the significance of what they were doing.'
Steeple Lane Baptist Chapel illustrates the defiance of their subjects in continuing as they have always done, and demonstrating a tenacity that would later contrast starkly with the technicolour consumerist world that Parr captured in the 1980s.
Courtesy of Phaidon
About Martin Parr
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Photograph
Silver gelatin print with special limited edtion hardcover book in slipcase, 352 pages, 441 color illustrations, 156 black and white illustrations
16.00 x 12.00 in
40.6 x 30.5 cm
This work is signed and numbered by the artist.
About The Work
After graduating from Manchester Polytechnic, Parr and a group of his fellow photography graduates moved to the industrial Pennine town of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, where Parr seized the opportunity to witness the northern working class with all its idiosyncrasies and dwindling traditions: 'The chapels seemed to encapsulate everything that I was interested in, in terms of the traditional aspect of life in Yorkshire: decaying and declining, hanging on with great verve and principle and great belief in the significance of what they were doing.'
Steeple Lane Baptist Chapel illustrates the defiance of their subjects in continuing as they have always done, and demonstrating a tenacity that would later contrast starkly with the technicolour consumerist world that Parr captured in the 1980s.
Courtesy of Phaidon
About Martin Parr
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Our pick of Phaidon's new art and photography books for fall 2021
- News & Events: Can You Solve This Photo Puzzle by Martin Parr?
- Art 101: 10 All-Too-Real Martin Parr Photographs That Redefine "Food Porn"
- Interviews & Features: 10 Artists to Watch This March
- Interviews & Features: See Massimiliano Gioni's 50 Favorite Phaidon Books
The quoted dimensions are for the sheet size. The book size is 9.875" x 11.375". The box size is 13" x 17.125". The book case size is 10.25" x 13".
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