Martin Parr is the usual, goes unnoticed (link)
“In person, he hardly cuts a controversial figure. Like any successful spy, Martin Parr is the sort of guy you wouldn’t look at twice if you passed him in the street. As soon as he welcomes you into the tall, slightly scruffy Georgian terrace house in Clifton, Bristol, where he and his wife, Susie, and daughter, Ellen, have lived for 20 years, you understand why he has for so long been able to get away with pointing his camera at strangers, capturing them in a variety of unflattering activities and postures. In all probability, they barely noticed he was there. Everything about him – from the owlish specs to the self-effacing grin and the bottle-green slacks and sweater – seems designed to deflect attention. His manner – friendly without being effusive – is similarly unremarkable.”
Photographers are the anti-Romantic.
Posted 2 years ago
