Strange and Familiar: An Interview with Martin Parr

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Lomography interviewed UK photographer Martin Parr about curating his latest exhibition “Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers” at The Barbican Centre in London.

Photo taken with the Petzval 58 by Lomokev

We were thrilled to get the opportunity to interview Martin Parr in anticipation of “Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers,” which runs until June 19th at The Barbican Centre. Watch the full interview here.

You can enter our Lomography x Barbican: A Strange and Familiar Rumble to win tickets to see the show, a catalogue signed by Martin himself, and a Lomo’Instant!

2016-04-08 #news #people #videos #interview #london #uk #exhibition #barbican #martin-parr #strange-and-familiar

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hervinsyah · 2016-04-08 14:03
vimeo still blocked in Indonesia T_T
sirio174 · 2016-04-08 18:17
a great artist. One of my preferred
hannah_brown · 2016-04-11 07:13
So cool!
lavisionmd · 2016-04-11 17:02
That's so great ! Congrats @hannah_brown !!

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