Editing Martin Parr (section)

====Rural communities, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Ireland, 1975–1982====
In 1975 Parr moved to [[Hebden Bridge]] in West Yorkshire<ref name="parr-by-parr">{{cite book |last1= Parr | first1= Martin | last2= Bajac | first2= Quentin | title= Parr by Parr | year= 2010 | publisher= Schilt | location= Amsterdam | isbn= 978-9-053307-37-3 | quote = QB: It is in Hebden Bridge, where you settled for several years ... MP: I moved there in 1975 and left in 1980.}}</ref>{{rp|23}}<ref name="reznik-time-lightbox">{{cite magazine|url = http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/21/the-non-conformists-martin-parrs-early-work-in-black-and-white/#1 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021102607/http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/21/the-non-conformists-martin-parrs-early-work-in-black-and-white/#1 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 21 October 2013 | date = 21 October 2013 | access-date = 20 April 2014 | last = Reznik | first = Eugene | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | title = The Non-Conformists: Martin Parr's Early Work in Black-and-White}}</ref> where he would complete his first mature work.<ref name="telegraph-ordinary-lives">{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3615454/Ordinary-lives-extraordinary-photographs.html | date = 17 April 2004 | access-date = 10 April 2014 | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = Ordinary lives, extraordinary photographs}}</ref> He was involved with the Albert Street Workshop, a hub for artistic activity which included a darkroom and exhibition space. Parr spent five years photographing rural life in the area, focusing on the [[Methodism|Methodist]] (and some [[Baptist]]) [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|non-conformist]] chapels, a focal point for isolated farming communities that in the early 1970s were closing down. He photographed in black-and-white, for its nostalgic nature and for it being appropriate to his celebratory look at this past activity.<ref name="reznik-time-lightbox" /> Also, photographers at that time were obliged to work in black-and-white to be taken seriously, colour being associated with commercial and snapshot photography.<ref name="reznik-time-lightbox" /> His series ''The Non-Conformists'' was widely exhibited at the time and published as a book in 2013.<ref name="rachel-pickering">{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2013/sep/30/martin-parr-hebden-bridge-only-in-england | date = 30 September 2013 | access-date = 28 March 2014 | first = Rachel | last = Pickering | website = [[The Guardian]] | title = Martin Parr captured a simpler Hebden Bridge. And he lived in my house}}</ref><ref name="sean-ohagan-science-museum">{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/20/tony-ray-jones-martin-parr-exhibition | date = 20 September 2013 | access-date = 28 March 2014 | first = Sean | last = O'Hagan | author-link = Sean O'Hagan (journalist) | website = [[The Guardian]] | title = Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr: English rituals of the 60s}}</ref> Critic [[Sean O'Hagan (journalist)|Sean O'Hagan]], writing in ''The Guardian'', said "It's easy to forget how quietly observational Parr was as a black-and-white photographer."<ref name="sean-ohagan-science-museum" />

In 1980 Parr married Susan Mitchell and, for her work, they moved to the west coast of Ireland. He set up a darkroom in Boyle, County Roscommon.

Parr's first publications, ''Bad Weather'', published in 1982 by Zwemmer with an [[Arts Council of Great Britain|Arts Council]] subsidy, ''Calderdale Photographs'' (1984) and ''A Fair Day: Photographs from the West Coast of Ireland'' (1984), all featured photographs from mostly northern England, and Ireland, in black-and-white. He used a [[Leica M3]] with a 35&nbsp;mm lens;<ref name="reznik-time-lightbox" /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.martinparr.com/faqs/what-cameras-do-you-use/ | access-date = 20 April 2014 | last = Parr | first = Martin | title = What cameras do you use? | quote = For the early black and white work it was a Leica M3 with a 35mm lens.}}</ref> although for ''Bad Weather'' he quickly switched to an underwater camera with a [[Flash (photography)|flashgun]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Martin Parr (in conversation with Heather Forbes and Peter Turner)|editor-first=Martin |editor-last=Parr |title=Bad Weather |location=London |publisher=Zwemmer |date=1982 |chapter=Thoughts on Bad Weather |isbn=0-302-99996-5 |quote = At first I used my Leica which kept getting full of water, then a friend suggested I use an underwater camera. Buying that, and an underwater flashgun, set the tone for the whole project. 'Where will you going,' said the salesman, 'off to the Med?' 'No, no,' I told him, 'I can't swim.'}}</ref>