Wednesday, August 29, 2012


Martin Parr 1999
Latvia Beaches

This photograph was taken on a non crowded tourist trap beach. Here a elder lady possible her grandmother is taking a picture of a young girl. A rainbow is in the background and the sky is cloudy with a hue of grey almost like the storm just ended. The rainbow the young girl and the lady are the subject matter. This pictures depicts the innocence of adolescence, the storm has just passed and the sky and atmosphere are due and grey. this young girl still finds a way to smile and joy in life. The rainbow can be taken as the silver lining of a bad situation and although this photo was taking on a gloomy it reveals a happy tone.

This photo relates to some of his other work. Martin Parr takes a lot of photos of people in their everyday life and what could consist of it. For example he has a series of beach photos with people acting as if there is no camera around. He is very good at capturing a sense of "I dont mind if your taking pictures of us"



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