Martin Parr

Dictators are interesting, no?

— Martin Parr

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

— Martin Parr

I photograph wealth.

— Martin Parr

I am what I photograph.

— Martin Parr

All photography is propaganda.

— Martin Parr

The idea of England in decline is very attractive.

— Martin Parr

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

— Martin Parr

Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.

— Martin Parr

I photograph people as I find them. But people have issues about how they look.

— Martin Parr

I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.

— Martin Parr

Photography is Art and Art is Photography.

— Martin Parr

I try to photograph my own and society's hypocrisy.

— Martin Parr

My profile is bigger in Europe than it is in the U.K.

— 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

You can't shoot in sepia, so converting into black and white and then into brown makes everything feel less real.

— Martin Parr

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

— Martin Parr

Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version…

— Martin Parr

If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking…

— Martin Parr

There are two parts to the process: taking the picture and finding ways of using it.

— 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

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re…

— Martin Parr

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

Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or…

— 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

As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll…

— Martin Parr

I pride myself in being an aficionado of the British seaside. Throughout my career, I have visited and worked in many of…

— 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

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot…

— Martin Parr

When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn't take herself for an artist; she does it for…

— 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

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 go straight in very close to people and I do that because it's the only way you can get the picture.…

— Martin Parr

In 1982 I bought the newly released Makina Plaubel 55mm fixed-lens camera. With this shift from 35mm to 6 x 7, I…

— Martin Parr

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

— Martin Parr

The danger is, you have a formula and you just repeat it.

— Martin Parr

I do read many of the photography magazines from the U.K. and abroad.

— Martin Parr

I do read many of the photography magazines from the UK and abroad.

— Martin Parr

I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.

— Martin Parr

My biggest television weakness is 'Dragons' Den.'

— Martin Parr

TV-makers usually don't know much about photography.

— Martin Parr