Category: MY PHOTO JOURNEY
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Martin Parr CBE (1952–2025)
Inspired in his early teens by his grandfather, George Parr FRPS, Martin graduated from Manchester Polytechnic and began work as an in-house photographer in the surreal world of Butlin’s in the early 1970s. With Daniel Meadows, he made “Butlin’s by the Sea” and developed a left-leaning perception of ‘class’, ‘play’, and social ‘posing’. This shaped…
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Which professions have higher rates of death by suicide?
Here in the UK, suicide risk differs strongly by line of work. Reliable recent data from the Office for National Statistics and research reviews show that certain jobs have much higher suicide rates than others. (Office for National Statistics) Workers in construction and manual trades stand out with some of the highest suicide rates in…
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