Utterly Lazy and Inattentive - Martin Parr in Words and Pictures

By the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. -It-s what I will do for the rest of my life, until I drop dead.- I knew when I was very young. It was a definite decision. Don-t ask me why. I just knew it was the right thing.

When Martin Parr was fourteen, his teacher wrote that he was -utterly lazy and inattentive- in a school report. He went on to become one of the most successful and sought-after photographers in the world. Martin has published over one hundred photobooks on many different subjects, from seaside resorts to smoking, over his career. Now, for the first and only time, Martin has produced a book about himself, telling his own story, in his own words.

This autobiography combines over 150 of Martin-s photographs - from his earliest snapshots to the work he is doing today - with his recollections and reflections on each image. We meet a boy growing up in suburbia, who collects obsessively and notices everything. We see him exploding into the