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Hear artist Martin Parr give insight into his own documentary photography practice and the ongoing connection he shares with Chris Killip. Moderated by photography and educator Ken Grant, co-curator of the exhibition, Chris Killip, respective, at The Photographers' Gallery. 

Biographies

Ken Grant was born in Liverpool in 1967. Since the 1980s he has photographed in the city and engaged in sustained projects both in the UK and in wider Europe. A monograph of the Liverpool pictures, The Close Season, was published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in 2002 followed by No Pain Whatsoever and Flock in 2014 and A Topical Times for These Times in 2016. His most recent book, Benny Profane, was published in 2019 by RRB Publishing. He continues to work on long term projects. Ken Grant's photographs are held in important collections of photography, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Folkwang Museum Essen, the Parr Foundation and other international public and private collections. A substantial overview of his work is held by the Hyman Collection of British Photography.

Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England. In 2017 he opened a foundation in Bristol with the purpose of archiving his own body of work as well as collecting and exhibiting a wide range of British documentary photography.

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