'Laughs Parr'

Talking about Alec and Carmen Soth the other day brought up the subject of the Brighton Photo Biennial, this year curated by the irrepressible Martin Parr. Guy Lane at Foto8 provides a brief wrap-up / overview of this year's show.

Martin Parr, younger, unblemished, more colourful and
endowed with something of a sheen

The two words titling this post were, I thought, a succinct summing-up of Martin's views toward the unusual and (somewhat) controversial Alec/Carmen father-daughter collaboration.

Mike

UPDATE: Rats, actually I think this is the retrato pintado to which the otherwise unintentionally funny quote in the caption above actually refers:

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Comments

[Steven House]

"retrato pintado" means "painted picture" ... in Spanish .... I didn't know and I suspect many other people don't either ....

... just trying to be helpful rather than obfuscating ...

[Robert Howell]

That's better. The Martin Parr we all know and love.

[Mike Johnston]

""retrato pintado" means "painted picture" ... in Spanish .... I didn't know and I suspect many other people don't either ...."

I was assuming people would have read the article at the link, which explains it. Not trying to be obscure. (Well, not on purpose.)

Mike

[oronet commander]

"retrato pintado" means "painted picture" ... in Spanish .... I didn't know and I suspect many other people don't either ....

Not exactly... "retrato pintado" means "painted portrait". In popular talk "retrato" means any picture in which someone appears, not exactly a formal portrait.

I'm a Spaniard, by the way.

[Bahi]

Parr's Autoportraits is a wonderful little book that still makes me laugh out loud; I come from a culture which would consider most of its pictures to be sophisticated studio photography. (That makes it tricky for me to show pictures of people to any of my relatives.)