--- title: "20 Photograph Quotes By Martin Parr" description: "20 Photograph quotes by Martin Parr. Plus more from Martin Parr and more Photograph sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/martin-parr-4726_ego_i-am-what-i-photograph-2951966_2951966.png" --- > [I am what I photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-am-what-i-photograph/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/martin-parr-4726_ego_i-am-what-i-photograph-2951966_2951966.png) > [I photograph wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-photograph-wealth/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/martin-parr-4726_money_i-photograph-wealth-1928921_1928921.png) > [All photography is propaganda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/all-photography-is-propaganda/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/martin-parr-4726_inspirational_all-photography-is-propaganda-1181669_1181669.png) > [I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-never-think-of-photographs-as-being-individual-always-as-a-group/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/martin-parr-4726_groups_i-never-think-of-photographs-as-being-in_2090898.png) > [Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/work-harder-get-closer-and-be-passionate-about-what-you-photograph/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/martin-parr-4726_closer_work-harder-get-closer-and-be-passionate_2553952.png) > [I photograph people as I find them. But people have issues about how they look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-photograph-people-as-i-find-them-but-people-have-issues-about-how/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/martin-parr-4726_about_i-photograph-people-as-i-find-them-but-p_2374796.png) > [I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-would-drown-in-objects-if-i-didn-t-have-the-ability-to-photograph/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/martin-parr-4726_ability_i-would-drown-in-objects-if-i-didn-t-hav_982886.png) > [I try to photograph my own and society's hypocrisy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-try-to-photograph-my-own-and-society-s-hypocrisy/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/martin-parr-4726_hypocrisy_i-try-to-photograph-my-own-and-society-s_995241.png) > [Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/most-of-us-when-we-go-out-with-a-camera-in-our-own-country-try-to/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/martin-parr-4726_camera_most-of-us-when-we-go-out-with-a-camera_720264.jpg) > [I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-always-take-photographs-when-i-attend-a-funeral-most-people-there/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/martin-parr-4726_cameras_i-always-take-photographs-when-i-attend_2627402.png) > [Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/criticism-is-hypocrisy-society-is-hypocrisy-i-m-a-tourist-i-m-a/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/martin-parr-4726_consumers_criticism-is-hypocrisy-society-is-hypocr_388775.png) > [Unless it hurts, unless there’s some vulnerability there, I don’t think you’re going to get good photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/unless-it-hurts-unless-there-s-some-vulnerability-there-i-don-t-think/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/martin-parr-4726_hurt_unless-it-hurts-unless-there-s-some-vuln_2321623.png) > [Sometimes you feel uncomfortable taking a photograph, but that's all part of the job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/sometimes-you-feel-uncomfortable-taking-a-photograph-but-that-s-all/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/martin-parr-4726_feel_sometimes-you-feel-uncomfortable-taking_1013183.png) > [Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/most-of-the-photographs-people-take-with-their-cameraphones-are-of/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/martin-parr-4726_documentaries_most-of-the-photographs-people-take-with_20961.png) > [I see things going on before my eyes and I photograph them as they are, without trying to change them. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-see-things-going-on-before-my-eyes-and-i-photograph-them-as-they/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/martin-parr-4726_chronicler_i-see-things-going-on-before-my-eyes-and_1656844.png) > [When I first started learning how to take photographs, you had to spend the first six months figuring out what an f-stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/when-i-first-started-learning-how-to-take-photographs-you-had-to/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/martin-parr-4726_firsts_when-i-first-started-learning-how-to-tak_2013339.png) > [Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate. Most of the photographs in your paper, unless they are hard news, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/part-of-the-role-of-photography-is-to-exaggerate-most-of-the/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/martin-parr-4726_deception_part-of-the-role-of-photography-is-to-ex_1882582.png) > [Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/photographs-are-interpretations-of-reality-as-such-it-is-entirely/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/martin-parr-4726_family_photographs-are-interpretations-of-reali_789405.png) > [I go straight in very close to people and I do that because it's the only way you can get the picture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-go-straight-in-very-close-to-people-and-i-do-that-because-it-s-the/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/martin-parr-4726_difficult_i-go-straight-in-very-close-to-people-an_818224.png) > [If you photograph for a long time, you get to understand such things as body language. I often do not look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/if-you-photograph-for-a-long-time-you-get-to-understand-such-things/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/martin-parr-4726_body_if-you-photograph-for-a-long-time-you-ge_512649.jpg) ## Other authors on Photograph ## More by Martin Parr > [Taking photos is a form of collecting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/taking-photos-is-a-form-of-collecting/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/most-of-the-photographs-people-take-with-their-cameraphones-are-of/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-looked-around-at-what-my-colleagues-were-doing-and-asked-myself/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/when-i-am-in-london-all-i-do-is-mix-with-other-people-in-the-arts/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/fashion-pictures-show-people-looking-glamorous-travel-pictures-show-a/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/tourism-is-the-biggest-industry-in-the-world/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/in-the-70s-in-britain-if-you-were-going-to-do-serious-photography-you/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/nobody-thinks-about-technical-issues-anymore-because-cameras-or/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/as-we-travel-around-britain-i-am-convinced-most-of-us-cannot-really/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-toyed-with-the-notion-of-being-an-actor-and-am-so-glad-that-this/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/photos-tend-to-organize-chaos-to-define-what-we-re-doing-here-it-is/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [We live in a difficult but inspiring world, and there is so much out there that I want to record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/we-live-in-a-difficult-but-inspiring-world-and-there-is-so-much-out/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/my-father-was-an-obsessive-bird-watcher-the-genes-of-observation/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/photographers-never-want-to-talk-about-the-fact-that-they-may-well-be/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) > [I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-am-a-big-fan-of-jim-jarmusch-and-i-do-love-big-screen-documentaries/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph/martin-parr/#itemlist", "name": "20 Photograph Quotes By Martin Parr", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am what I photograph.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Parr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-am-what-i-photograph/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/martin-parr-4726_ego_i-am-what-i-photograph-2951966_2951966.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/martin-parr-4726_ego_i-am-what-i-photograph-2951966_2951966.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/martin-parr-4726_ego_i-am-what-i-photograph-2951966_2951966.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am what I photograph.” — Martin Parr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I photograph wealth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Parr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/i-photograph-wealth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/martin-parr-4726_money_i-photograph-wealth-1928921_1928921.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/martin-parr-4726_money_i-photograph-wealth-1928921_1928921.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/martin-parr-4726_money_i-photograph-wealth-1928921_1928921.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I photograph wealth.” — Martin Parr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All photography is propaganda.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Parr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/all-photography-is-propaganda/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/martin-parr-4726_inspirational_all-photography-is-propaganda-1181669_1181669.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/martin-parr-4726_inspirational_all-photography-is-propaganda-1181669_1181669.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/martin-parr-4726_inspirational_all-photography-is-propaganda-1181669_1181669.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All photography is propaganda.” — Martin Parr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never think of photographs as being individual. 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