Martin Parr Quotes
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I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.
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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.
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My biggest television weakness is 'Dragons' Den.'
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I photograph wealth.
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There are elements of irony in my work, of course.
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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.
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If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking beautiful.
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TV-makers usually don't know much about photography.
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Dictators are interesting, no?
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I photograph people as I find them. But people have issues about how they look.
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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.
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There are 65 to 70 photography galleries in New York alone. In the U.K., there are no more than five, and they're all in London.
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Personally, I don't take holidays; I go on trips. My idea of relaxing is taking a trip that isn't commissioned. I'll work just as hard, but without that nagging pressure of fulfilling a commission. Now that's what I call a holiday.
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Taking photos is a form of collecting.
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I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.
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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.
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I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.
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Sometimes you feel uncomfortable taking a photograph, but that's all part of the job.
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By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.
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I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct.
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I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain.
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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.
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Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.
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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.