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Martin Parr Quotes
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All photography is propaganda (Martin Parr Quotes)
I am what I photograph (Martin Parr Quotes)
Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still have the option of controlling every technical aspect. It’s the most accessible, democratic medium available in the world (Martin Parr Quotes)
Tourism is the biggest industry in the world (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Taking photos is a form of collecting (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions (Martin Parr Quotes)
You can easily take photographs at a wedding - no one would question it. But funerals are different (Martin Parr Quotes)
You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont’ be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you’ve got a good one (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we’re doing here. It is essential that individuals’ voices depict the world around us, as we are increasingly controlled by large institutions, large companies and large systems (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change (Martin Parr Quotes)
I pride myself in being an aficionado of the British seaside. Throughout my career, I have visited and worked in many of the famous British resorts, from Great Yarmouth to Largs. (Martin Parr Quotes)
Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That’s the great thing about photography. (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Photography is, by its nature, exploitative. It’s whether you use this process with a sense of responsibility or not. I feel that I do so. My conscience is clear. (Martin Parr Quotes)
Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you’re trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it (Martin Parr Quotes)
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. (Martin Parr Quotes)
When I fly British Airways, I can’t help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country. (Martin Parr Quotes)
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 Quotes)
My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down. (Martin Parr Quotes)
The danger is, you have a formula and you just repeat it (Martin Parr Quotes)
Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That’s the great thing about photography (Martin Parr Quotes)
I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group (Martin Parr Quotes)
Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography (Martin Parr Quotes)
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph (Martin Parr Quotes)
Dictators are interesting, no? (Martin Parr Quotes)
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