Martin Parr
Martin Parr
Martin Parris a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world. His major projects have been rural communities, The Last Resort, The Cost of Living, Small Worldand Common Sense...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth25 May 1952
hypocrisy criticism tourists
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.
tvs use programmes
I am away so much, so I rarely see live TV, but I use iPlayer to catch programmes.
hard-work passionate photograph
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.
technology thinking phones
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.
preparation months firsts
When I first started learning how to take photographs, you had to spend the first six months figuring out what an f-stop was. Now you just go and take pictures.
photography photographer remember
Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That's the great thing about photography.
photography inspiration journey
The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.
photography fashion lying
Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate. Most of the photographs in your paper, unless they are hard news, are lies. Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality... Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.
play cds followers
I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I am washing up.
danger formulas repeats
The danger is, you have a formula and you just repeat it.
form collecting
Taking photos is a form of collecting.
hypocrisy trying photograph
I try to photograph my own and society's hypocrisy.
photography reality ideas
We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.
voice world essentials
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.