I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
From Martin Parr
My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.
The idea of England in decline is very attractive.
I just go out and try to make sense of the world around me.
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.
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.
Taking photos is a form of collecting.
Dictators are interesting, no?
When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to their mezzanines with their valuable family possessions.
I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.
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