117 Quotes by Martin Parr

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

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

Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change.

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.

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.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

As we travel around Britain, I am convinced most of us cannot really appreciate what we are seeing. We take too much for granted, because it is all so familiar.

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

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.