I see things going on before my eyes and I photograph them as they are, without trying to change them. I don't warn people beforehand. That's why I'm a chronicler. I speak about us and I speak about myself.
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…
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph. - Martin Parr
Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.
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.
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 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…
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 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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