Martin Parr

Professor Martin Parr is a faculty member at Ulster University's Belfast School of Art within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. He serves as Professor of Photography and contributes to Art and Design Research.

• Research Focus: Photobook history, documentary photography, and visual culture analysis.
• Key Activities: Delivered invited talks at Tate Britain (2020), Photobook Bristol Festival (2014), and Fotografia Europeia Festival (2014).
• Collection Leadership: Curator of the Martin Parr Foundation Collection Database containing over 12,000 photobooks.

His work intersects with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to cultural preservation and heritage documentation. Major publications include The Photobook: A History Volume 3 (2014) and From the Pope to a Flat White: Ireland from 1979 to 2019 (2020).