Martin Parr research - Common Sense

I actually don't really like Martin Parr's work but he is an extremely famous photographer who works within a very wide spread style of photography. This series is called Common Sense which is one of the best series of work i think he has done, it shows normal every day things happening and he has photographed them exactly how they are. We are being asked to research a different photographer each week and take photos in the same style as his work. These images all have quite an old fashioned vintage look to them and they don't look like they've been edited that much. His work is fairly simple and is taken in quite a documented style, showing everyday things. For example on the bottom image of the smile you can see lipstick smudges on her teeth, this is exactly how the photo was taken and for this series it's clear he did'nt want to edit out small things such as this. It shows very realisticly how he see's things and how photos are taken but can be edited so much changing the image into something completely different. The image of the pigeons to me is quite boring, theres nothing special or exciting going on other than pigeons eating seeds off the floor but by Parr putting this image within this series it somehow creates something more interesting as it's showing something normal happening and exactly how he is seeing it. 

These are some photos i took trying to capture images in the same style as Martin Parr. I find them quite boring as he doesn't edit his photos very much so i did the same thing with mine. I just took photos of things that weren't that interesting, every day things that were out and about on my journey. I found this quite difficult because i was constantly tempted to re-create photos Parr had done not realising i was doing this. He likes to document things going on around him, people watching aswell seems to be something he works with a lot. Theres a whole series of images called 'Benidorm' where he's just photographed all sorts of things relating to Benidorm, the food, people, sun, beach etc.
Martin Parr isnt someone who i would choose to look at for inspiration unless we were asked to re-create something similar to his work. Not to say i find his work rubbish i just dont find his style my favourite, i feel it's quite bland and i like a bit more excitement in my work.