Quotes by Photographers

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

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

We live in a difficult but inspiring world, and there is so much out there that I want to record. Martin Parr

World Live Difficult Out Record Inspiring Want Much

Sepia in particular tends to make everything look a bit romantic and almost sentimental, hence the fact that it remains such a popular choice for wedding photographs. Martin Parr

Everything Bit Photographs Wedding Fact Remains Tends Almost Particular Look Make Romantic Sentimental Choice Popular Hence

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar. Martin Parr

Travel Too Much Too Seeing Take Most Because Around Am Familiar Cannot Us Much Really Convinced Granted Britain Appreciate

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality. Mary Ellen Mark

Reality World Nothing Photograph More Than Interesting

I love to photograph people in their own environment. It offers clues to what's important in their lives. Mary Ellen Mark

Love People Important Own Photograph Environment Offers Clues Lives

I'm most interested in finding the strangeness and irony in reality. That's my forte. Mary Ellen Mark

Reality Finding Most Irony Interested Forte Strangeness

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity. Mary Ellen Mark

Work Sometimes Opportunity Sets Bergman Photograph Never Had Always Years Done Wanted Unfortunately Film Film Sets Set

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work. Mary Ellen Mark

Work Wish Favorite Penn Photographers All-Time Could Him Watched

Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society. Mary Ellen Mark

Work People Live Society Ideas Edges Around Interest

When I started out, it was considered very wrong to change an image. There were scandals if someone inserted a sky into a war picture or something. Now it's all about that. Mary Ellen Mark

War Change Sky Picture Considered Out Scandals Inserted About Someone Something Wrong Were Very Now Image Started

When you're working on a film, it's almost like photographing paintings at a museum. You're photographing somebody else's world. I just try and interpret it and make it real, and make it what the actors are about, what the director is about, and what the film is about. Mary Ellen Mark

You Director World Try Somebody Else Photographing About Almost Like Make Real Just Working Paintings Film Actor Interpret Museum