I photograph wealth.
From Martin Parr
Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.
Of course, New Brighton is very shabby, very rundown, but people still go there because it's the place where you take kids out on a Sunday.
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.
I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.
We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.
When someone says to you, 'Oh, I don't take a good picture,' what they mean is they haven't come to terms with how they look. They take a fine picture, it's just that their image of how they think they look is not in touch with the reality.
Photographers never want to talk about the fact that they may well be in decline. It's the greatest taboo subject of all.
If there is any jarring at all in my photographs, it's because we are so used to ingesting pictures of everywhere looking beautiful.
When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.
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