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If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking beautiful.

~Martin Parr

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When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.

~Martin Parr

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

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My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

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The idea of England in decline is very attractive.

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

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I photograph wealth.

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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.

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In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.

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Dictators are interesting, no?

~Martin Parr

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Photographer

Born: May 25th, 1952

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