Martin Parr Quotes
Top 68 wise famous quotes and sayings by Martin Parr
Martin Parr Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Martin Parr on Wise Famous Quotes.
Of course, New Brighton is very shabby, very rundown, but people still go there because it's the place where you take kids out on a Sunday.
By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.
When I fly British Airways, I can't help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country.
I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.
Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against.
Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.
Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.
There are 65 to 70 photography galleries in New York alone. In the U.K., there are no more than five, and they're all in London.
Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.
Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version of propaganda.
I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.
Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of.
In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.
I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
Unless it hurts, unless there's some vulnerability there, I don't think you're going to get good photographs.
The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.
If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking beautiful.
I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.
Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.
Photography's central role is to be the absolute medium of the day. It is fantastic that there is no longer any technical intimidation.
We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money.
I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.
I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.
My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.
You can easily take photographs at a wedding - no one would question it. But funerals are different.
Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.
I love curating, because I'm lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people.
The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you're trying to say and express.