Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.

Next quotes

• Martin Parr:

  Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest

• Martin Parr:

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

• Martin Parr:

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

• Martin Parr:

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

• Martin Parr:

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

• Martin Parr:

  The idea of England in decline is very attractive.

• Martin Parr:

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

• Martin Parr:

  I photograph wealth.

• Martin Parr:

  In the '70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in b

• Martin Parr:

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