Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, died on Dec. 6 at age 73, noted The Guardian. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr's images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid color and with more than a dash of humor, added TG. The Magnum photographer rose to prominence in the mid 1980s with his book "The Last Resort," a study of working class people on holiday in New Brighton in Merseyside.

  Anyone who follows this page knows that I love books. All kinds of books. Home-made flip books. Scrappy zines done on copiers running out of toner. Art books. Design books. Photo books. One-off artists books. Stands to reason, being that DART exists solely because of two very special books, American Illustratio and American Photography, which have been celebrating the best in design arts for publication for going on half a century. This new DART Book Prize contest is my way ...