Sofa Sessions: Conversations with Martin Parr and Peter Mitchell

Sofa Sessions from the Martin Parr Foundation are a series of films where Parr sits down with makers across the world of photography to discuss their work. In this latest Sofa Session, Martin sits down with Peter Mitchell.

Peter was a pioneer of colour photography, being the first to have a show of colour work in a photography gallery in the UK.

Originally a printmaker, Martin and Peter discuss the journey from printmaking to photography, rediscovering unpublished work, and working on the retrospective exhibition of photography and ephemera opening at Leeds Art Gallery 17 MAY 2024.

This Sofa Session has been released to coincide with the publication of Nothing Lasts Forever, a new photobook by Peter Mitchell from RRB Photobooks, which accompanies the exhibition in Leeds. Copies are available from the MPF online shop here

Filmed and edited by Alexander Parkyn-Smith.