Description:
1st edition. Signed and dedicated.
The photographs comprising The Last Resort were taken between 1983 and 1985, a period of economic decline in Britain.The series was shown at the Open Eye gallery in Liverpool before being exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery in London. The book was published in 1986, and was instrumental in establishing Parr’s international reputation as a photographer. Traditionally, documentary photography in Britain sought to glorify the working class; here Parr shows a warts-and-all picture of a down-at-heel resort populated by day trippers seeking cheap thrills. The series contains many images of people dressed in the day-glo lycra fashions of the time, eating junk food in the crumbling remains of a seaside town. The work in the Last Resort divided opinion. Some saw it as exploitative of the subject whilst others recognised it as an indictment of the market-led economic policies of the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister 1979-90). Some critics understood Parr’s depiction of an area of economic deprivation and his focus on his subjects’ personal indulgences as a political statement decrying the excesses of Thatcherism.
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Promenade Press
Condition: The interior of the book is in good condition but the spine has some fading and the cover has a small tear to top left corner.
Book Size: 30 x 23cm
Pages: 51
Format: Soft Cover
ISBN: 0-951141406
Description:
1st edition. Signed and dedicated.
The photographs comprising The Last Resort were taken between 1983 and 1985, a period of economic decline in Britain.The series was shown at the Open Eye gallery in Liverpool before being exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery in London. The book was published in 1986, and was instrumental in establishing Parr’s international reputation as a photographer. Traditionally, documentary photography in Britain sought to glorify the working class; here Parr shows a warts-and-all picture of a down-at-heel resort populated by day trippers seeking cheap thrills. The series contains many images of people dressed in the day-glo lycra fashions of the time, eating junk food in the crumbling remains of a seaside town. The work in the Last Resort divided opinion. Some saw it as exploitative of the subject whilst others recognised it as an indictment of the market-led economic policies of the Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister 1979-90). Some critics understood Parr’s depiction of an area of economic deprivation and his focus on his subjects’ personal indulgences as a political statement decrying the excesses of Thatcherism.
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Promenade Press
Condition: The interior of the book is in good condition but the spine has some fading and the cover has a small tear to top left corner.
Book Size: 30 x 23cm
Pages: 51
Format: Soft Cover
ISBN: 0-951141406