Martin Parr

“For those aspiring to make a living from travel photography, it's a sad fact that the boring shots are the shots that are going to make you money.”

“The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.”

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

“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.”

“The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.”

“Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.”

“I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.”