BEACH THERAPY

During his long career as a photographer, Martin Parr has always photographed on beaches, particularly in the UK. He has often used the beach as a laboratory to experiment with new cameras and techniques. So far example, when he changed from black and white to med ium format colour in the early 80s his first major project was about New Brighton, a run down seaside resort near Liverpool. In rece nt months he has started exploring the beach with the aid of a telephoto lens. This lens is rarely used in the world of art and docu mentary p...[Read more]