Martin Parr Quotes
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Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.
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Margaret Thatcher was very good for the arts in so far as it gave people a real focus for something to be against.
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Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.
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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.
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Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
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I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at their design, their shape, their individual characteristics. Think ahead and imagine their significance.
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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.
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The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.
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We live in a difficult but inspiring world, and there is so much out there that I want to record.
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I get up early and open my emails, write cheques, and answer the phone; whatever needs to be done.
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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.
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My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.
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The trouble with Hollywood films is that they always have a pleasant ending.
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You can't shoot in sepia, so converting into black and white and then into brown makes everything feel less real.
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Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.
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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.
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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.
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When I fly British Airways, I can't help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country.
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I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos.
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Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.
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I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me.
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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.
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The idea of England in decline is very attractive.
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When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.