Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.
All photography is propaganda. - Martin Parr
All photography is propaganda.
- Martin Parr
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph. - Martin Parr
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.
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.
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.
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…
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.
To ask people's permission to take their pictures? Sometimes it feels right to ask, but I will not ask, unless it is essential to do so. If you asked… - 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 essential to do so. If you asked…
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 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…
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