Legendary photographer Martin Parr on the secret to a good picture – Esquire
You’ve got to have a story. You’ve got to say something in photography. Unless you do that, it’s not going to work. So that’s the priority. What are you trying to say with your photographs? Stories are the backbone of good photography. You look at the world, it’s a funny old weird place. So inevitably, if I’m doing my interpretation of what’s out there, then humour will be part of it. Because the world makes me laugh, and cry at the same time. … When starting out, copy other people. Look at the history of photography. And when you’ve got the right subject matter, dive into that. Once you get engrossed in it, that’s when it’s likely that your own style will start to emerge. … I take a lot of shots, because to get that good one, you need to have some momentum behind you. You have to keep shooting. Wait for that perfect shot to emerge, or it may not emerge. You just don’t know until you start shooting it.
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