Quotes by Photographers

I find that my entire life has come to me, and things happened without me planning them. You know, I never asked to photograph Princess Diana, and that made me more famous than I wanted. I never asked to photograph Madonna, and that pushed me to another level. There are things that just take you into the limelight. Mario Testino

Life Me You Made Photograph Find Madonna Entire Entire Life More Take Never Pushed Come Know Princess Princess Diana Another Limelight Without Diana Than Just Famous Wanted Happened Them Asked Planning Level Things

I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru. Mario Testino

Sense Think Color Got Upbringing Peru

I studied law, economy, international relations, communications, in order to find what I would do. It's the hardest thing, being 17 and trying to find what to do in life. You've explored so little. I'm lucky: My parents let me explore. Mario Testino

Life Me You Law Parents International Relations Relations Would Find Studied Economy Trying The Hardest Thing Being Order Little Communications Explore Explored International Lucky Hardest Hardest Thing Thing

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

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Martin Parr

World Tourism Industry Biggest

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

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth. Martin Parr

People Wealth Show Off Willing Wealthy Disappeared Off Just Show

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

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

The idea of England in decline is very attractive. Martin Parr

Idea Attractive Very Decline England

I photograph wealth. Martin Parr

Wealth Photograph

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