Martin Parr

Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a master of documentary photography. In the past, the mainstream definition of documentary photography is to reveal the truth, observe things inside these photos. He has a lot of famous photography series, people can see the social phenomenon of our times from his photo. He likes to create fiction on life, and his work is to find the various bias of society itself, make them to a convergence. His works often brightly colored, maybe people thought at first glance is exaggerated or even ridiculous, but eventually they can see the tight-knit.They don't know from which direction of impact.They may be is the great joy, maybe also a huge emptiness, occasional have the desolate world content.

I learned some knowledge by reading his interview. A reporter asked he why he ran to the seemingly mundane, such as ebden Bridge in the beginning of his career in 70 s. Most western photographers choose to adventure in Africa and far east. The reporter asked him whether he convice that he can take good photos in there. He said that could get good stuff is just a wish. But when you concentrate on one thing at a long time enough, you can get a promotion. He completed the motivation of work in the past by a strong desire which can be close to a small group and know about them. After hearing what he said, I understand that if I want to shoot good pictures, I need to spend enough time to stop in a place.