Martin Parr

Robert Chesshyre

... A fresh term is required for this social phenomenon, and Martin Parr has coined the phrase "confortable classes." His photographs avoiding both the stereotype and the caricature - capture them as they spend their money and pursue their recreations. His people are at the heart of English society; they are articulate and forceful, and their aspirations will largely determine which way the nation goes. Parr's portfolio consitutes a penetrating portrait of Britain after ten years of Thatcherism. ...

The Cost of Living

A British journalist reports on his rediscovery of his native country after four years in the United States, exploring the changed attitudes of British society and the faded sense of national unity

The Return of a Native Reporter

A photographic essay portrays the new middle classes of England at home, at parties and meetings, shopping, and going about their everyday life.

Robert Chesshyre

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