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Martin Parr
Martin Parr
British Photographer
Born: May 23, 1952
Am Me People Photography World You
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The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it. Martin Parr
Reality About Mythology Tourism Quite Different Place Thing
I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me. Martin Parr
Me World Try Sense Out Make Around Go Just
I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar. Martin Parr
Think Our Our Lives Because Very Familiar Ordinary Aspect Lives
I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next. Martin Parr
Possibilities Must Photos More Am Shooting List Deciding Next Awake Kept
Tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Martin Parr
World Tourism Industry Biggest
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. Martin Parr
World Live Slick Everything Excited Dull Get Where Interesting Interesting Things Hard Professional Things Homogenized
When someone says to you, 'Oh, I don't take a good picture,' what they mean is they haven't come to terms with how they look. They take a fine picture, it's just that their image of how they think they look is not in touch with the reality. Martin Parr
Good You Reality Picture Think Says Fine Good Picture Someone Touch Take Come Look Terms How Oh Just Mean Image
My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down. Martin Parr
Father Down Observation Genes Obsessive Passed
Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against. Martin Parr
Good People Focus Gave Something Real Very Thatcher Arts Against Far Margaret Margaret Thatcher
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. Martin Parr
Criticism Hypocrisy Society Photograph Criticized Consumer Tourist Things
There are elements of irony in my work, of course. Martin Parr
Work Course Irony Elements
Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery pages, the food always looks amazing, right? Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda. Martin Parr
Best Fashion Food Travel Reality People Amazing Looking Nothing Propaganda Consume Glamorous Pictures Most Looks Always Place Pages Show Cookery Show People Right
If you go to the supermarket and buy a package of food and look at the photo on the front, the food never looks like that inside, does it? That is a fundamental lie we are sold every day. Martin Parr
Buy Food Day You Every Day Lie Every Sold Photo Inside Supermarket Never Like Look Looks Does Go Front Package Fundamental
Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all. Martin Parr
Photographers Taboo About Fact Never Talk Well Greatest Subject May Want Decline
The idea of England in decline is very attractive. Martin Parr
Idea Attractive Very Decline England
I photograph wealth. Martin Parr
Wealth Photograph
In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography. Martin Parr
Work You Photography Obliged Color Were Snapshot Commercial Going Serious Palette Britain
My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society. Martin Parr
Work Society Critique More Color Became Celebration
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. Martin Parr
You Bird Beach New Like Attracted End Up York New York Being Street
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. Martin Parr
Challenge Technically Brilliant Approach Spirit Head-On Counts Because Always Used Filming
I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group. Martin Parr
Group Think Photographs Individual Never Always Being
I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries. Martin Parr
Love Big Jim Documentaries Am Big Fan Big Screen Screen Fan
I love curating, because I'm lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people. Martin Parr
Love People Other Share Because Discoveries Privileged Lucky Platform
I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos. Martin Parr
Book People Will Think Dancing Photographing Photos Been Years Now Eventually
Over the years, I have perfected the art of dancing and photographing at the same time: it's a great double act. If you're dancing, you are joining in. If you stand there rigid, you are not in the flow of things. Martin Parr
Art Time Great You Dancing Rigid Photographing Joining Over Years Same Same Time Double Act Stand Things Flow
Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary. Martin Parr
People Value Photographs Take Most Terms Documentary Little
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