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We had to answer this questions to the video above:

What does Parr say about Facebook "contamination" of "serious" portraiture?
How does Parr go about capturing his work?
Where do you stand on the question of "Is documentary art?"
Parr cites various photographers. Who is Henri Cartier-Bresson? In what way is the work of the Brechers typological? How much did Andreas Gursky's work Rhein II sell for at auction?

Portraits should be a serious thing, he wants to show people with lots of dignity, he is showing people who are doing a job. He don't want that his pictures are looking like all the other Facebook- pictures where everyone is smiling, this is absolutely okay for Facebook, but he is a serious photographer and so should also the pictures be serious.

Parr was going around Australia and has spoken with them. He says that they all were really nice, openminded people.

I think the question "Is documentary art?" depends on many facts: For example, if it is a documentation about a school trip or a trip to a city, it could be art, because you want to show other people something that maybe only you have seen or something you have seen.

If it is a documentation about an animal or an other thing, there are only facts about the topic. So it depends what kind of documentary it is.

Parr says that the at the moment best photographers are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andreas Gursky and some more.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer and he is considered to be the father of photojournalism.

The photo Rhine II of Andreas Gursky is the most expensive photograph. Iz iwas fetched £ 2.7 at a auction.