I put this together now on very short notice for the preparation of a online meeting with Martin Parr on BURNmagazine. I tried to assemble some interviews (Google & Youtube), so we can – hopefully – go beyond the standard question of “what advice would you give to an aspiring/ emerging/ young photographer”. BTW, you can find his answer to this question on the Magnum Blog
Please forgive me if I forgot to include something you find important, this was really on a very short notice.
Martin Parr
Official website
It does contain an intro by Thomas Weski, a FAQ section, a collection of interviews and videos (see menu>film) and obviously a list of his books, works etc.
Interviews in English
We Are All Photographers Now!
Interview with Martin Parr
“Martin Parr, author of, among others, “Boring Postcards” and “Bliss : Postcards of Couples and Families” explains in his conference how your family photography is form of propaganda, his opinion on technique, what his new agenda is, the demise of Corbis and Getty at the hands of Flickr and what the best new business model for successful photography is. And how dreadful, cliche’ed and boring a lot of amateur photography is.”
Interview can be downloaded on the page, or listen to it here.
May 2, 2007
(definition of amateur, flickr/youtube, crowdsourcing, indexing, Magnum’s website, revolution/evolution of photography, vernacular photography, citizen journalist, changes … )
Lensculture
Martin Parr: Mischievous Ironist
(introduction, gallery & 10min audio interview with Jim Casper “about irony, vulnerability, the secret of history of photography, and more”)
Date??
PDNonline
Why Photojournalism has to “get modern”
Interview by David Walker – August 1, 2008
The Zeugma
Martin Parr: Humanity is not Pretty
1994
The F Blog
Meeting Martin Parr (“Martin Parr Photographs 1971-2000)
12.09.2007
Interviews in German
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Spiegelonline Kultur
“Ich lüge wenigstens nicht”
Interview by Jenny Hoch, 2008
Interviews on YouTube
Martin Parr (part1), 6:45
Martin Parr (part2), 6:51
Martin Parr on photographing Britain, 3:31
Parrworld, 2:08
The Genius of Photography ep4 pt1, 9:50
(and the following parts that belong to this episode4)
