LAIA ABRIL: On Mass HysteriaWitches were accused and executed in Salem, while possessed nuns meowed and had seizures across Europe. Hand trembling epidemics spread among Swiss and German boarding schools, and laughing attacks were widespread among Tanzanian girl students. Female adolescents in Afghanistan experienced fainting outbreaks, while over 600 boarding school girls in Mexico suddenly lost the ability to walk straight. In Cambodian garment factories, thousands of women

200 duotone photographs

when Martin Parr has travelled on assignment throughout the world he has had his portrait taken – whether by a local studio photographer

London and by Jennifer Higgie

fortress-like island (also known as ’Hashima’ or ‘Gunkanjima’) lies just off the coast of Nagasaki

ISBN: 9781911306986

His work has been widely exhibited and his monographs includes ‘In Case it Rains in Heaven’ (2011) Kehrer Verlag and ‘Combing for Ice and Jade’ (2019) Jiazazhi Press

gut punches

In 2014 the prestigious Maison Robert Doisneau museum in Paris gave him a one man show

as villagers had previously resorted to collecting water lilies in crocodile-infested water

He employs the analogue process and traditional darkroom techniques

She photographed the women in ways that illustrated what she saw

Born in Rawalpindi