Magnum photographers were meant to go out as a crusade ... to places like famine and war and ... I went out and went round the corner to the local supermarket because this to me is the front line. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
From the moment the tourist enters the site, everyone has to be photographed in front of every feature of note.... The photographic record of the visit has almost destroyed the very notion of actually looking. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
I looked around at what my colleagues were doing, and asked myself, 'What relationship has it with what's going on?' I found there was… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still have the… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted,… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
We live in a difficult but inspiring world, and there is so much out there that I want to record. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
