Is there a knack to transforming the ‘ordinary’ into the ‘extraordinary’?

Martin Parr

“just keep observing”

Sometime the best answers are short, sweet and when you think about them, deep. That’s how I felt about the documentary photographer and photojournalist Martin Parrs response to the question Is there a knack to transforming the ‘ordinary’ into the ‘extraordinary’?

No real knack, just keep observing, and shake off the complacency.

Martin Parr, A Curate's Egg
Martin Parr, A Curate's Egg
Martin Parr, A Curate's Egg
Martin Parr, A Curate's Egg

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