Martin Parr, West Bay. Seaside Photographs. Think of England.

The influential photographs of Martin Parr.

"West Bay was shot in the small Dorset seaside town, in the Summer of 1996. The series marks Martin Parr's first use of his now characteristic combination of ring flash and macro lens. The photographs focus on small details and strange nuances in this typically British seaside resort. The Rocket Press published West Bay in 1997 – Parr's first limited edition artists’ book in which the photographs were accompanied by specially commissioned contemporary poetry. Photographs from this series comprised Parr’s first commercial gallery show in London at Rocket Gallery",

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"Think of England is a mosaic of English clichés. From Socks and sandals to telephone boxes; top-hats to bacon sandwiches, Think of England asks, in an overwhelming display of saturated colour and kitsch, what it means to be English. The photographs in this series originate from throughout the 1990s when Martin Parr made countless trips to provincial towns and seaside resorts".

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