Martin Parr, “The Artificial Beach Inside the Ocean Dome, Miyazaki, Japan

In Small World, published in 1995, Parr tackled mass international tourism, the subject that has most preoccupied him ever since. He has travelled all over the world, even to North Korea, and no longer takes holidays as such. “I just go on work trips with my camera and, sometimes, my wife.” His mission is, again, to combat propaganda. “Tourism is the biggest industry in the world. You can’t ignore it. I like to explore the problem with it, which is the difference between the myth and the reality of the place. The purpose of most travel photography is to sell travel adverts, which doesn’t interest me at all.”