250 illustrations

A major new book on Martin Parr explores the photographer`s most enduring subject – people – as never before

By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Martin Parr`s photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight. This book – published to coincide both with Parr`s 2019 exhibition at London`s National Portrait Gallery and also the date the UK will leave the EU – examines what it means to be human at a time of both change and retrospection. Bringing together new work from the last decade, Only Human explores the concepts of Britishness and national identity through the rituals and habits of everyday life.

Martin Parr`s distinctive style has established him as a leading cultural commentator in contemporary photography. Parr has published over 80 photobooks, and his work has been recognized with major awards and over 100 exhibitions worldwide.

Phillip Prodger is senior research scholar at the Yale University Center for British Art, and was formerly head of photographs at the NPG, London.