Following a call for new trustees made in November 2025 the Foundation has announced that Philip Prodger and David Tudor have been appointed effective from 7 March. The appointment process was delayed by Martin Parr's death on 6December. The new trustees join Susie Parr, Ellen Parr, Fiona Parker, Song Tae Chong, Jenny Ricketts and Aaron Schuman. Susie Parr commented: '“We are confident that the Trustees will work closely with the MPF staff, who are so knowledgeable about Martin’s own work, his ambitions for the foundation and the day to day running of the organisation.”
Philip Prodger is best known in the UK as the fomer head of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. He is a curator, author, and art historian, currently Executive Director of the non-profit Curatorial Exhibitions in Los Angeles. David Tudor is a leading expert in ocean management with over three decades of global experience navigating the complex connections of society and the environment. While his professional career is focused on the sustainable future of the marine environment, his love of documentary photography has been an enduring and lifelong passion. He is also a trustee of Rewilding Britain.
The mission of the Foundation remains unchanged. We will continue to support emerging, established and under-represented photographers, to maintain a lively programme of events and exhibitions - including BOP, the annual photobook festival - and to build its collection and library for the purposes of research. It will also continue to preserve and care for Martin’s own archive. The Foundation is currently showing Martin's exhibition The Last Resort - 40 years on.
See: https://martinparrfoundation.org/ and https://martinparrfoundation.org/about/trustees-2/
Image: The Last Resort at Martin Parr Foundation. © Michael Pritchard
