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Monument is a masterpiece !

This is the first guest in this series to make me question the integrity of Martin Parr. Bruce Gilden is a cancer within the world of street photography. To continue promoting his detestable behaviors through interviews furthers his exposure to new disciples and provides a rationale for justifying the continued non-consensual subjugation and abuse of the most vulnerable members of our society. He is a coward and a sadist-someone who hides behind legal and moral technicalities to elevate his pedantic "style" and stroke his own ego. Stop giving this Ghoul a platform.

I really like to see Martin Parr and Cristina de Middel in conversation, because when I look at Magnum Photographers it seems like some of them are primarily photographers, whereas others are photographers and Art Directors who shape projects and formats. Martin Parr and Cristina de Middel seem to be among the ladder, who are great Art Directors as well.

Two great men!

These conversations are always so fascinating and enjoyable - thank you both!

Absolutely love Stephen's inventiveness and inquiring mind, I find his playful fascination with the world is inspiring.

Wonderful interview. Truly fascinating individual and photography. He did look exhausted though, so I hope he has recovered from all his activity.

amazing !

'Pillar' is a phenomenal achievement, but poor bloke, he looks drained from the relentlessness of project after project.

While it's true that sounds, smells, and emotions can't be "photographed" in the traditional sense, contemporary art and technology have provided innovative ways to capture and represent these sensory experiences expecially in times of poshumanism. Sound, for example, can be visualized through spectrograms or waveforms, which translate acoustic information into a visual format. Bioacoustic research uses these visualizations to document ecosystem health, allowing us to see soundscapes and understand their complexity. Smells can also be recorded in an abstract form. Olfactory art, for instance, captures the essence of an environment by distilling and presenting scents as sensory "portraits." Methods like gas chromatography allow us to visualize the chemical makeup of smells. Emotions are perhaps the most subjective, yet photographers and artists regularly use symbolism, composition, and color to convey complex emotional states. The interpretation of these visual cues can evoke feelings as powerfully as experiencing the emotions themselves. Thus, while the literal act of photographing these intangible elements may not be possible, our ability to creatively represent and translate them through other mediums brings us remarkably close to capturing their essence.

What a surprise - White middle class men passing off the scholarship of a Black working class woman (and others) as their own bathtub philosophy. Tina Campt rang, she wants her book back.

I absolutely love Sofa Sessions!

An interviewer that lets the subject speak, but someone moving furniture spoiled it.

It's great to hear of the influence of Midnight Oil. They also inspired me to spend three months in Australia but sadly without a camera. I love Trent's approach to photography and the results.

So humble and such a great archive of work!

Thanks for interview !

We are all moths.

Listening to Trent speaks makes me want to shoot even more. He’s me favourite photographer to listen to and probably created work that inspires me so much too

When I heard Trent Parke talk about his photos I imagined they were in color, imagine my surprise

Thanks for posting. It was a thrill and inspiration meeting both of you.

Absolute pair of legends!! Awesome insights and discussion. Plenty of food for thought!! 👏🏼👏🏼

What an amazing guy. His dedication is at a whole different level. Thanks!!

I was stunned by this interview. I have almost never seen anyone so intensely passionate about a subject as Trent Parke. truly inspirational. I love the way you just let the story flow, almost imperceptibly steering it along. Ive seen Trent’s work for several years now but now I see it with a new understanding.

I loved the Monument exhibition! Thank you for sharing the inspiration behind it.

Very nice! I feel like the journey of a photographer is always so unpredictable, but if you`re passionate about it, it's always for the good! BTW, I just saw Martin Parr talk last Saturday here in Barcelona and was lucky enough to meet him outside when he was about to leave. I believe that those small things, these encounters, hearing Trent's experience, that help us make sense of our obsession with photography and keep going. Thank you!

I always enjoy hearing Trent talk about his work, he has bags of enthusiasm. Such a great photographer.

These are nice interviews Martin, enjoyable and informative to listen to

Great interview. And a lovely man. And if I may so, good interviewing technique Mr Parr, in that you actually let the interviewee speak for the majority of the time!! And in doing so of course you get the most out of your subject. An approach that seems sadly lost on many talk show hosts and interviewers these days.

The interview was with hard light, fits well

Great interview. I guess ‘what are the gaps’ only applies if you think you should be representing everything. Every individual and every business has to draw a line around the things they are going to try and deal with, otherwise they lose a ‘point of view’. I think you have to stick to what means something to you and let others follow their paths. A street photographer here in Melbourne likes the books so much he made his own zine using the Cafe Royale format.

Really enjoyed this video, thank you for posting. I’m hoping to come and visit your place in Bristol soon, well as soon as my disability allows me. I’m based about 30 miles away so it’s not that far.

Great conversation, and a further reminder how minimal institutional support there is for photography in this country.

Lovely man….great to learn about his work

Yet another cracking interview, Derek was wonderfully open about his life and how he fell into photography. I can only imagine the challenge he faces with his archive. I found Martin's point about the comparison between the US and UK on wanting/paying for photographers archives enlightening. Thank you to all at the Martin Parr Foundation for the work you do!

Derek Ridgers is a master at the level of August Sanders, Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, and Avedon. He has been criminally underappreciated and deserves all the honours

Good stuff. Glad to see Martin looking heartier.

Good to see and hear Derek talking. We were both part of a small group called Group Six and later Framework in the late 1970s and early 80s, and he did the posters and took part in several group shows in Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham and at Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford. We used to meet monthly and show each other our current work - and tear each other's pictures to pieces - it was a great learning experience I think for both of use and the others in the group. Among those who exhibited with Framework were Terry King, Carol Hudson, John RT Davies, Derek Ridgers and Jo Spence - and of course myself - Peter Marshall.

Hi Martin, please don't stop making these videos. Never knew about Derek's work, my loss.

Great conversation. I'm a huge fan of Derek's work and happy to see Martin help bring his work to a wider audience.

I have the impression that both Bruce Gilden's and Martin Parr's photographs have survived the times into our age of overload with street photography images, because they have this fantastic surreal quality. When street photography emerged, people didn't travel as much, and street life itself was more exotic. Today we not only travel more, we are overloaded with street photography, which sadly is often displayed on too small screens, and I think in this environment, it's these sort of surreal images that still stand out. Any thoughts?

Love you Vinca In 1999 I had 45 copies of 'no system' sent to the Netherlands from my monthly income at Steidl Publishers in Berlin. This has left me with lifelong friendships. and i have met you here and there, as a 18 year old kid... and it left me with a diary full of memories for which I was too young, without ever being able to explain it without this book. you rockt Modern Tate, love from Rottredamn....lego, d storm etc love

The real question is “why is he such a jerk?!”

Great interview. Thank you. I’m currently finalising my BA Photography project focussing on a historic cobbled street that, in 2024, is full of people eating ice cream. The work of Martin Parr and Hans Enjkelboom has really inspired my approach for the project so seeing them have this discussion is fascinating. 🙏

Very interesting interview. Thanks for doing this and indeed sad he died shortly after this despite looking healthy and vibrant.

I just returned from the exhibition at the Leeds Art Gallery. It was fantastic! There were some truly stunning stand alone pictures, but the work as a whole was awesome to see - such a rich encapsulation of the histories of everyday Leeds.

I dont get couple of references, what is blow up? A movie? An event? Second: sunday supplements, is it a magazine or a general name for stuff that came out in major aunday publications?

I´ve enjoyed this a lot, thank you both!

Never heard of Mark before! What a great interview.

“A photographer photographs a murder” Indication #1 that Bruce never understood Blowup.

A lovely chat and very timely, for me, because Peter Mictchell's exhibition is now on at Leeds Art Gallery. Needless to say, I'll be going.