If you photograph for a long time, you get to understand such things as body language. I often do not look at people I photograph, especially afterwards. Also when I want a photo, I become somewhat fearless, and this helps a lot. There will always be someone who objects to being photographed, and when this happens you move on.
All photography is propaganda. - Martin Parr
All photography is propaganda.
- Martin Parr
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 su… - Martin Parr
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 su…
The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express. - 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 trying to say and express.
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph. - Martin Parr
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist. - Martin Parr
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.
You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirk… - Martin Parr
You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirk…
You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't. - Martin Parr
You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.
You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've g… - Martin Parr
You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've g…
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work. - Martin Parr
Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
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