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Great interview. And a lovely man. And if I may so, good interviewing technique Mr Parr, in that you actually let the interviewee speak for the majority of the time!! And in doing so of course you get the most out of your subject. An approach that seems sadly lost on many talk show hosts and interviewers these days.

The interview was with hard light, fits well

Great interview. I guess ‘what are the gaps’ only applies if you think you should be representing everything. Every individual and every business has to draw a line around the things they are going to try and deal with, otherwise they lose a ‘point of view’. I think you have to stick to what means something to you and let others follow their paths. A street photographer here in Melbourne likes the books so much he made his own zine using the Cafe Royale format.

Really enjoyed this video, thank you for posting. I’m hoping to come and visit your place in Bristol soon, well as soon as my disability allows me. I’m based about 30 miles away so it’s not that far.

Great conversation, and a further reminder how minimal institutional support there is for photography in this country.

Lovely man….great to learn about his work

Yet another cracking interview, Derek was wonderfully open about his life and how he fell into photography. I can only imagine the challenge he faces with his archive. I found Martin's point about the comparison between the US and UK on wanting/paying for photographers archives enlightening. Thank you to all at the Martin Parr Foundation for the work you do!

Derek Ridgers is a master at the level of August Sanders, Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, and Avedon. He has been criminally underappreciated and deserves all the honours

Good stuff. Glad to see Martin looking heartier.

Good to see and hear Derek talking. We were both part of a small group called Group Six and later Framework in the late 1970s and early 80s, and he did the posters and took part in several group shows in Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham and at Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford. We used to meet monthly and show each other our current work - and tear each other's pictures to pieces - it was a great learning experience I think for both of use and the others in the group. Among those who exhibited with Framework were Terry King, Carol Hudson, John RT Davies, Derek Ridgers and Jo Spence - and of course myself - Peter Marshall.

Hi Martin, please don't stop making these videos. Never knew about Derek's work, my loss.

Great conversation. I'm a huge fan of Derek's work and happy to see Martin help bring his work to a wider audience.

I have the impression that both Bruce Gilden's and Martin Parr's photographs have survived the times into our age of overload with street photography images, because they have this fantastic surreal quality. When street photography emerged, people didn't travel as much, and street life itself was more exotic. Today we not only travel more, we are overloaded with street photography, which sadly is often displayed on too small screens, and I think in this environment, it's these sort of surreal images that still stand out. Any thoughts?

Love you Vinca In 1999 I had 45 copies of 'no system' sent to the Netherlands from my monthly income at Steidl Publishers in Berlin. This has left me with lifelong friendships. and i have met you here and there, as a 18 year old kid... and it left me with a diary full of memories for which I was too young, without ever being able to explain it without this book. you rockt Modern Tate, love from Rottredamn....lego, d storm etc love

The real question is “why is he such a jerk?!”

Great interview. Thank you. I’m currently finalising my BA Photography project focussing on a historic cobbled street that, in 2024, is full of people eating ice cream. The work of Martin Parr and Hans Enjkelboom has really inspired my approach for the project so seeing them have this discussion is fascinating. 🙏

Very interesting interview. Thanks for doing this and indeed sad he died shortly after this despite looking healthy and vibrant.

I just returned from the exhibition at the Leeds Art Gallery. It was fantastic! There were some truly stunning stand alone pictures, but the work as a whole was awesome to see - such a rich encapsulation of the histories of everyday Leeds.

I dont get couple of references, what is blow up? A movie? An event? Second: sunday supplements, is it a magazine or a general name for stuff that came out in major aunday publications?

I´ve enjoyed this a lot, thank you both!

Never heard of Mark before! What a great interview.

“A photographer photographs a murder” Indication #1 that Bruce never understood Blowup.

A lovely chat and very timely, for me, because Peter Mictchell's exhibition is now on at Leeds Art Gallery. Needless to say, I'll be going.

A great idea explained, that of focussing on the process of taking photos, rather than having the goal of being successful photographers. That is where greatness comes through.

This is wonderful. Such a modest man with such a rich story to tell.

My Gran had a photo of buddhist monks in Tibet on her wall in a traditional English house that Mark had given to her. That made quite an impact with me. There’s some great integrity that somehow runs through his work.

sorry my english not good enough to understand who her teachers were thank you :)

Peter was my tutor at Leeds Met University (now Leeds Beckett) in 1999. It'll come as no surprise to hear that he was a lovely chap and a great tutor. It's wonderful seeing his work being celebrated; he was- and continues to be- a fantastic image maker.

Looking forward to the exhibition.

That was a pleasure to watch.

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What a wonderful chat, i loved the story about the two ladies. The whole video is wonderful, what a great character i just met. Is this kind of conversations and ways to see photography that we need to remember what photography is it all about. Thank you!

great interview, highly recommend going to see the show in Leicester before it closes at the end of March.

Would love to read the letter from Don... insightful interview, inspiring photographer, artist!

As an old fella, late to photography and desperate to find my voice, and learn my craft, I found this excellent interview humbling. I probably don’t have enough time left to ever make my mark as a creative, but it is wonderful to share the insights of those (I mean BG and MP?!! Just pure creative geniuses!!) who have spent a lifetime honing their craft … Thanks and subscribed … 😊

Again a tremendous video!! Thanks so much. A slow burner of an interview, Martin is excellent as usual, Maggie and Brenda became more and more engaged as the sofa session progressed. Love it!!

Marvellous interview. Thank you.

Mr. Parr, thanks for another wonderful video ❤ Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦✌️🇺🇦

Today's PC, it was a Man.

What a wonderfull people. So much to learn in 20min, so many doors opened. Thank you!

Great interview- I’ve got quite a few Cafe Royal books, they are perfect for picking up on a whim.

The working class don't generally see themselves in left wing terms of oppressed and oppressor, unless they have been taught to. When spare cash was available the people I knew revelled in their pleasures, but that is rarely reflected in the social science approach of British photography. That said, Café Royal have put some interesting work into print.

Very interesting insights! Nice to see photography perspective from another step of the making. Thanks a lot.

Lovely interview. Thank you.

Again an another awesome interview...loved the question on "what are the gaps"... so insightful! Another different sofa conversation which helps us photographers get an insight into the mind of a publisher! Thanks so much for this great interview.

Another awesome interview, I love the Sofa Sessions so much. Thank you for producing them they are a valuable insight into the background, inspiration and motivation of some wonderful photographers. As usual Martin is awesome in his interviewing technique!

Annoying, one-trick pony tw@t

Wonderful as always and such a smashing insight. Trish is special.

These interviews are golden.