MARTIN PARR: The Last Resort: 40 Years On

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MARTIN PARR: The Last Resort: 40 Years OnMARTIN PARR The pictures from The Last Resort still hold very well. When I get to the Pearly Gates, those are the ones Id probably get out first! Martin Parr This special book is being published in association with the Martin Parr Foundation to coincide with an exhibition being shown at the Foundations Bristol based gallery to honour Martin Parr following his death in December. Shot around the English seaside town of New Brighton between 1983 and

215mm x 247mm

His landscapes avoid human presence and explore the complex interrelationships between the built environment and the natural one

Leaden-coloured scenes

witnessing this neighbourhood’s transformation from cultural wasteland to cool Mecca

The Dodo is perhaps our most famous extinct species

Andy Adams

these mountains and deserts were behind them

and other venues in England and the USA

The postcards were a source of inspiration to many artists in the 1920s and 30s

and share all earnings

Text by Robert Chesshyre

beautiful handwritten notes