Martin Parr - Signs of the Times

To create his bookSigns of the Times: A Portrait of the Nation's Tastes. (1992), Parr entered ordinary people's homes and took pictures of the mundane aspects of his hosts' lives, combining the images with quotes from his subjects to bring viewers uncomfortably close to them. The result of Parr's technique has been said to leave viewers with ambiguous emotional reactions, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Biscuits

Brew

Caravan Holidays

Deck Chair/Union Jack

Granny Shopping

Old Men/Bowling

Reading Newspaper

Martin Parr set out to complete his Signs of the Times by taking photographs of strangers typical daily routines. For my theme of Stereotypes I could set out to do my own photography with the same idea. However I would then use my photography in a typically illustrative way using graphics and typography to express the specific stereotype.