Author: Martin Parr

Quotes

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.

- Martin Parr

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

- Martin Parr

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.

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.

- Martin Parr

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

- Martin Parr

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

- Martin Parr

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