I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
If you photograph for a long time, you get to understand such things as body language. I often do not look at… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have perfected the art of dancing and photographing at the same time: it's a great double act. If… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change. — 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… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
To ask people's permission to take their pictures? Sometimes it feels right to ask, but I will not ask, unless it is… — 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
