Martin Parr and Fintan O’Toole, in conversation

Dear friends,

We are delighted to invite you to an informal conversation between international photographer Martin Parr and renowned Irish writer Fintan O’Toole. They will discuss Parr's Irish photographic work, which is on display at Gallery of Photography Ireland until September 4th.

Please join us Tuesday 24th, August at 7.30pm (on zoom, link above), during the last week of Martin Parr's hugely popular exhibition and tour; Parr’s Ireland: 40 Years of Photography Martin Parr.

"Martin Parr's work traces a line through the decades as Irish Society gradually shifted from conformism. It also captures many things that never went away" Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times 2020

Parr in the media:

RTÉ: Photographer Martin Parr talks to RTÉ Arena
Irish Times: From the past to modernity: images of Ireland transforming by Fintan O'Toole
Irish Independent: 'From a Leitrim mineral bar to crowds watching the Pope – the changing Ireland Martin Parr caught on camera' by Tanya Sweeney.
Totally Dublin: 'Parr for the Course'

Martin Parr’s Ireland Exhibition tour: 

The exhibition and tour have been organised by Tracy Marshall-Grant for Northern Narratives, in collaboration with the Martin Parr Foundation and exhibiting partners. After its Dublin showing, the exhibition will tour to the Roscommon Arts Centre and then travel to Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art before returning to Belfast Exposed Gallery in Summer 2022. The photographs then complete their tour in November at Paris Photo 2022 exhibiting in the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris as part of the Centre’s 20th anniversary celebrations alongside work by photography alumni of Belfast School of Art at Ulster University, where Martin Parr is a visiting Professor.  

Special thanks to Tracy Marshall-Grant, Martin Parr and Fintan O'Toole