If you’re following us on Facebook and Twitter you might remember an opportunity to put questions to Martin Parr and the artists from our current exhibition – Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck.
We picked one out for each photographer and scrambled (gracefully) after them in the midst of a press day:
Q. Simone Lueck, if you were to dress up as a fantasy persona like the ones in your pictures, who would you be?
SL: Ah, good question, I haven’t been asked that one before! I don’t know. Actually, we did a video trailer to invite people to the book launch for my other project, Cuba TV. I dressed up in this big blonde wig, really over exaggerated make-up and leopard print pants too. It was a lot of fun. I would say my fantasy character would be a soap star.
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Q. Martin Parr, I would love to know how you remain inconspicuous while photographing people and situations?
MP: I just appear confident, and this seems to work. I also use body language sometimes to give the impression I am interested in something else!
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Q. Richard Simpkin, if you could choose one photograph from the ‘Richard and Famous’ collection for people to remember you by (as a photographer), which photograph would you choose and why?
RS: Don Bradman. It’s the rarest photo, not many people have it. Even though Martin Parr doesn’t know even know who he is.
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We’ve had some great feedback that some of you would like recorded interviews or videos, so we’re working on it!
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