Martin Parr

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

— Martin Parr

Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.

— 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…

— Martin Parr

When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.

— Martin Parr

Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In…

— Martin Parr

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

— 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…

— Martin Parr

Nobody thinks about technical issues anymore because cameras or camera phones take care of that automatically. On the other hand, you still…

— Martin Parr

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much…

— Martin Parr

I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.

— 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,…

— Martin Parr

We live in a difficult but inspiring world, and there is so much out there that I want to record.

— Martin Parr

My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

— 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.

— Martin Parr

I am a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, and I do love big screen documentaries.

— Martin Parr

Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be…

— Martin Parr

I would urge everyone to start looking at the world in a different way. Spend some time looking at everyday objects, at…

— Martin Parr

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration and the color work became more of a critique of society.

— Martin Parr

I am not a huge follower of music and tend to like one CD and play it to death, usually when I…

— Martin Parr

In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird,…

— Martin Parr

If you photograph for a long time, you get to understand such things as body language. I often do not look at…

— Martin Parr

I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct.

— Martin Parr

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

— Martin Parr

There are 65 to 70 photography galleries in New York alone. In the U.K., there are no more than five, and they're…

— Martin Parr

I love curating, because I'm lucky and privileged that I have a platform and I can share my discoveries with other people.

— Martin Parr