Martin Parr × Andréa Holzherr "Small World"

Speakers Speakers

• Martin Parr (KYOTOGRAPHIE 2025 Artist)

  

  Born in 1952 in Epsom, Surrey, in England, over the years, Martin Parr has become one of the most distinctive voices in visual culture, which enabled him to join the Magnum Agency in 1994.
  Known for his use of garish colours and esoteric composition, he has studied cultural peculiarities around the world from Japan to America, Europe, and his home country of Britain, also making numerous trips to China since 1985. The themes of leisure, consumption and communication have occupied him for much of his career, all of which are explored with a penetrating irony. Parr has published over 100 books of his own work and edited another 30. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions around the world. Over the years, Parr has received numerous awards including the Sony World Photography Award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography in April 2017, the Erich Salomon Prize in 2006 and the Baume et Mercier award in 2008 in recognition of his professional career and contributions to contemporary photography. In 2014 the Martin Parr Foundation was founded to support emerging, established, and overlooked photographers who have made and continue to make work focused on Britain and Ireland.
  
  Martin Parr will spend some time in Kyoto prior to the festival, photographing the city's mass tourism. These images will be featured in the KYOTOGRAPHIE 2025 Small World exhibition.

• Andréa Holzherr (Global Cultural Director/Curator for Magnum Photos)

  

  Based in Paris, Andréa has been working since 2003 as the Global Cultural Director and curator for Magnum Photos and is responsible for promoting MAGNUM PHOTOS through active exhibition work in collaboration with international museums and cultural institutions. Before, she worked at the Maison Européene de la Photographie in Paris as assistant curator to the director.
  Andréa Holzherr (born in 1964 in Tübingen, Germany) lives and works in Paris as a cultural director, publicist and curator. She studied at the Ecole du Louvre Paris as well as at the Sorbonne.
  She has been working since 2003 as the global cultural director and curator for Magnum Photos, Paris and is responsible for promoting the Magnum Archive through active exhibition work in collaboration with international museums, cultural institutions and photo festivals. Before, she worked at the Maison Européene de la Photographie in Paris as assistant curator to the director.
  Andréa Holzherr has curated numerous exhibitions, among others Bang Bang, Tatort Kunst 2012 at Haus der Kunst Uri and the CCA, Palma de Mallorca; Mythos Kindheit 2010 at the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, the Haus für Kunst Uri and the CCA, Palma de Mallorca; Elina Brotherus: The New Painting 2006 at the Finnish Museum of Photography, and Stella Polaris 2006 at Paris Photo.
  In September 2013 she was the responsible curator for the 5. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg in Germany and in 2023 Ernest Cole House of Bondage in collaboration with Anne-Marie Beckmann.
  Her publications include such titles as Close Enough (2024), Eve Arnold Homage (2012), Helsinki School (2005-2011), George Rodger Unterwegs (2009), Elina Brotherus (2005), as well as numerous publications in specialized contemporary photography magazines.
  Andréa Holzherr is on the board of directors of the Fond de Dotation Magnum Paris as well as a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie.