Martin Parr

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

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.

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate days.