Martin Parr Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“Of course, New Brighton is very shabby, very rundown, but people still go there because it's the place where you take kids out on a Sunday.”

“In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.”

“I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me.”

“Sepia in particular tends to make everything look a bit romantic and almost sentimental, hence the fact that it remains such a popular choice for wedding photographs.”

“When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.”

“Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it.”

“By default, I am a travel photographer. I work on a combination of commissions and personal projects that take me around the world.”

“The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.”