"First priority is to make an entertaining picture." | Photographer Martin Parr | Louisiana Channel

Legendary British documentary photographer Martin Parr is known for his innovative, often satirical imagery portraying modern life in the wealthy western world. Here he looks back at 50 years of work. "If you look at the world, what can you do, it is funny, and if you don't laugh, you cry", he says. "We all know we are doomed because of climate change, so the only way to make daily life possible is to try and find the humor in the world we see and try to show the contradictions.

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