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Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.

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Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary.

Documentaries, Littles, People, Photographs, Take

Photographs are interpretations of reality; as such, it is entirely subjective. Most photos are taken with an agenda, to sell something or to make a subject look better than it really is. Think of family snapshots - everyone is smiling and happy.

Interpretations, Reality, Taken, Think, Thinking

Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.

Closer, Hard Work, Passionate, Photograph

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

People, Show, Shows, Wealth, Willing

The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.

Inspiration, Journey, Personal, Photography, Revealing

Unless it hurts, unless there’s some vulnerability there, I don’t think you’re going to get good photographs.

Hurt, Hurts, Photograph, Think, Thinking, Vulnerability

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 got a good one.

Afraid, Bad, Good, Knows, Order, Take

I accept that all photography is voyeuristic and exploitative, and obviously I live with my own guilt and conscience. It's part of the test and I don't have a problem with it.

Guilt, Live, Obviously, Photography, Tests, Voyeuristic

I am away so much, so I rarely see live TV, but I use iPlayer to catch programmes.

Away, Live, Live Tv, See, Tvs, Use

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

Brilliant, Challenges, Counts, Spirit, Technically

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.

Giving, Natural, Photography, Prejudice, Reality, Twist

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, Criticized, Hypocrisy, Photograph, Tourists

All photography is propaganda.

Photograph, Photography, Propaganda

Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we're doing here. It is essential that individuals' voices depict the world around us, as we are increasingly controlled by large institutions, large companies and large systems.

Essentials, Increasingly, Individuals, Systems, Voice, World

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

Complicated, Inspiring, Photography, Simplest, Thing, World

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 supermarket because this to me is the front line.

Corner, Lines, Magnum, Photographer, Photographers, War

Photography is Art and Art is Photography.

Art, Art Is, Photography

There are two parts to the process: taking the picture and finding ways of using it.

Finding, Photography, Taking, Two, Way, Ways

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 all the time, you would miss everything. With the exception of portraits, it is generally bad news if people are looking at the camera.

Feels, Missing, People, Permission, Sometimes, Time

When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn't take herself for an artist; she does it for love, which is an excellent reason, from my point of view.

Beach, Children, Mother, Point, Take

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