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The late Martin Parr was not only a great photographer, but one whose greatness lay precisely in mocking everything that was great, immense and pretentious. It was the reality of the world that he celebrated, making visible the things many try not to see: the vanity fair, global tourism, litter, sunburn. By photographing the mundane, he created work that was unique.
Wherever he was, whether it was shooting the Badminton Horse Trials or a shopping mall in Las Vegas, the first McDonald’s in…
