Editing Martin Parr (section)

===Personal life===
Born in [[Epsom]], Surrey,<ref name="ciar-byrne-telegraph">{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/martin-parr-how-to-put-photography-in-the-frame-768667.html | date = 7 January 2008 | access-date = 31 March 2014 | first = Ciar | last = Byrne | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = Martin Parr: How to put photography in the frame | quote = Channel 4 series, Picture This ... Martin Parr ... is one of the three judges on the show ... BBC4's The Genius of Photography, which also featured Parr ... Parr, who was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1952, was introduced to the camera by his grandfather, a keen amateur photographer who lived on the outskirts of Bradford, West Yorkshire. He went on to study photography at school ... In the early part of his career, teaching provided the bulk of his income ... In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Photography at the University of Wales, Newport ... Magnum paved the way for Parr to do more commercial work, including fashion shoots for the likes of Paul Smith and Louis Vuitton, and magazine features ... his pictures already use "the language of advertising", making them more accessible ... In 2004, Parr was the guest artistic director for Rencontre D'Arles}}</ref> Parr wanted to become a documentary photographer from the age of fourteen. He cites his grandfather, George Parr, an amateur photographer<ref name="ciar-byrne-telegraph" /> and fellow of the [[Royal Photographic Society]], as an early influence.<ref name="MPI" /><ref name="parr-by-parr" />{{rp|13,14}} He married Susan Mitchell and they have one child, Ellen Parr (born 1986). Parr was diagnosed with cancer in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/05/martin-parr-match-point-photographer-tennis-grand-slam-street-photography|title='I didn't really watch any tennis': How Martin Parr captured the Grand Slam's real champions|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=5 October 2021}}</ref>