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Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize veg
Pictures from photographer’s return to Lacock after 40 years were taken months before his death last December The images are colourful, characterful and thought-provoking. They capture a flower show, a Women’s Institute meeting, a scarecrow festival. A local vicar features, resplendent in a union jack bowler hat, as does a band of bellringers and a bulldog called Billy. Four decades after chronicling life in the picture-postcard English village of Lacock in Wiltshire, the photographer Martin Parr returned to document what had changed – and what had not. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize veg, Pictures from photographer’s return to Lacock after 40 years were taken months before his death last December The images are colourful, characterful and thought-provoking. They capture a flower show, a Women’s Institute meeting, a scarecrow festival. A local vicar features, resplendent in a union jack bowler hat, as does a band of bellringers and a bulldog called Billy. Four decades after chronicling life in the picture-postcard English village of Lacock in Wiltshire, the photographer Martin Parr returned to document what had changed – and what had not. Continue reading…
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- Wiltshire village exhibits Martin Parr’s final photos of scarecrows and prize vegThe Guardian - 2026-06-18T15:00:06+00:00
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