Martin Parr







http://martinparr.com/index1.html


A British photographer that does "street photography" the above pictures are from his recent work in
Atlanta GA. He photographs in a way that he "allows us to see things that we have always seen but see them in a whole  new way." He started photographing in his teen with his grandfather who was a armature photographer, then in college where he became fed up with the strict rules and started photographing what he like but felt he had to justify his work, he felt this was a good way of fighting for what he believed in. He feels that if you do this work over time you learn body language and that helps him in taking his photos.
I choose him because of the way he photographs everyday events and things that we pass on the street yet pay no attention too wether it is everyone on a vacation photographing sites , or someone eating a large turkey leg on the street we all leave a mark as we are passed by and someone may just catch it on film.