Martin Parr, a renowned photographer, reflects on his early passion for photography and his authoritative eye in judging it. Having dedicated his career to capturing British life, he founded the Martin Parr Foundation in 2017, which serves as a hub for documentary photography, preserving both his work and that of emerging artists. At 72 and recovering from cancer, Parr expresses pride in his foundation's role in the photography community, recognizing the importance of legacy without the expectation of changing the world through art.
I knew I would be a photographer from the age of 13, 14, and I knew what was good even then.
Photography is a form of collecting.
I'm not going to say I'm saving the world. I never expect photography to change anything.
The Martin Parr Foundation is a collection of documentary photography of the British Isles, his own and other people's.
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