# Join me for a look at the free Bristol Photography Festival photo exhibitions at the Welcome Building on their 2nd to last day. There are two exhibitions to see at this venue: # **Common Sense by Martin Parr: Festival Tribute** First presented in 1999, Common Sense is one of Martin Parr’s most influential photographic projects, bringing together colourful, close-up images of everyday life from around the world. From food and fashion to souvenirs, animals and consumer goods, Parr uses his distinctive humorous style to turn seemingly ordinary details into a fascinating portrait of modern life. **HEAT: Magnum Foundation** HEAT brings together the work of 18 photographers from around the world, exploring the climate crisis and the relationship between communities and the land. Through striking photographic projects, the exhibition looks beyond images of environmental catastrophe to explore the histories, memories, displacement, resilience and connections that shape our changing landscapes. At some stage we’ll go for refreshments. **Cost:** Free entry to all. **We’ll meet: inside the foyer of the Welcome Building. We don’t use a meet up sign. I carry a silver backpack handbag. If you’re late, you’ll need to find us in the exhibition.** **Please look at the event page the night before and the morning of the event, in case of any updates.** *** ## From their website: ### Common Sense by Martin Parr: Festival Tribute First presented in 1999, Common Sense is one of Martin Parr’s most ambitious and influential photographic projects. Bringing together images made across the world, the series turns Parr’s close, saturated and often humorous gaze towards the details of everyday life. From food and fashion to souvenirs, animals and consumer goods. Using a 35mm camera, ring flash and macro lens, Parr developed a distinctive visual language of fragments, surfaces and punchy colours, allowing seemingly insignificant details to build into a larger portrait of contemporary life. The

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