No Worries, Martin Parr

 Parr is shooting portraits of men and women in remote Western Australia for a project called "No Worries"

1. What does Parr say about Facebook "contamination" of "serious" portraiture?  

He mentions smiling as being a generic portrait and how it should be a picture showing how they are proud of what they are and that it should be a serious thing, lots of dignity. He said he wants to show this by not being like all the Facebook pictures which have a role in the social network but a serious photographer needs a serious pose. in which to capture.

2. How does Parr go about capturing his work?

He was going around Australia for this Social Documentary called No Worries and would walk up to people and ask, and he loved how people were friendly. He was attempting to capture Australia in its details in picture form, setting out with and ambition.

photography school of america in his early life and has gradually gained influence as he has made his way though life.

3. Where do you stand on the question of "Is documentary art?”

I think that a documentary can be art, but it all depends on the purpose of the documentary. Say that it was a documentary on a school and was purely informational, then I would not cndieder it art, but something like this, telling the background story behind some art that was produced, that can be art but its just a different media. Such as you can produce art films, you should be able to produce art documentaries.

4. Parr cites various photographers. 

Who is Henri Cartier-Bresson? He is a famous french photographer. He was one of the influences of Parr that was mentioned. 

 In what way is the work of the Brechers typological? The way Parr descried how he was influenced.

 How much did Andreas Gursky's work Rhein II sell for at auction?

$4.3 million (then £2.7m) in 2011.