British photographer Marin Parr’s images have the power to both amuse and leave us ever so slightly uncomfortable, caught between laughter and the uneasy recognition of ourselves in his uncompromising portrait of consumer society.

Though now celebrated and exhibited worldwide, Parr’s early work did not find an easy public and was highly criticised for trivialising the working class. In retrospect, perhaps he was just observing what we often overlook. I Am Martin Parr is a definitive portrait of an extraordinary photographer who revolutionised contemporary photography by inventing a political, humanist and accessible photographic language.