Martin Parr was dubbed Britain’s “national photographer,” and captured everyday life with bold honesty. “You’d think people would notice him standing there with his camera,” his wife Susie told Channel 4 News, “but he waited so long that people got bored, and he could then take the photograph.” Channel 4 News filmed one of his final interviews in September last year. Three months later, he died, prompting an overwhelming outpouring of grief and admiration. As exhibitions in Bristol and Paris cel

Martin Parr, British documentary photographer has died at the age of 73. Parr became famous throughout his lifetime for his iconic brightly coloured photographs of British life which elevated the mundane into works of art and created a unique social history. In 1986 he took part in a project to document and archive life in Salford, and he spoke to the BBC about why capturing images in supermarkets and shops was as important as any other kind of photography. Clip taken from Saturday Review, origi