I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct.
Martin ParrI think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.
Martin ParrPhotographs 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.
Martin ParrYou can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.
Martin ParrI looked around at what my colleagues were doing, and asked myself, 'What relationship has it with what's going on?' I found there was a great distortion of contemporary life. Photographers were interested only in certain things. A visually interesting place, people who were either very rich or very poor, and nostalgia.
Martin Parr