{"product_id":"the-last-resort-40-years-on-imperfect","title":"The Last Resort: 40 Years On (imperfect)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"right\"\u003eDewi Lewis\/Martin Parr Foundation 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback, 1st edition, 60p\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eimperfect - see below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The pictures from The Last Resort still hold very well. When I get to the Pearly Gates, those are the ones I’d probably get out first!’ – Martin Parr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis special book is being published in association with the Martin Parr Foundation to coincide with an exhibition being shown at the Foundation’s Bristol-based gallery to honour Martin Parr following his death in December. Shot around the English seaside town of New Brighton between 1983 and 1985, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the pioneering bodies of work driving British colour documentary photography and established Martin as one of Britain’s most influential photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes a selection of images from the iconic \u003ci\u003eLast Resort \u003c\/i\u003eseries, as well as extensive archive material including photographs, contact sheets and items of ephemera from Martin’s personal collection. Isaac Blease, Archivist at the Foundation, explores the background to the project, the influences that led Martin to move from black and white photography to colour, and the initial exhibition of the work in Liverpool and then at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Peter Brawne, the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003edesigner of the original 1986\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ebook discusses how the design process was developed as well as the experience of working with Martin. Finally there is a short text by Susie Parr, Martin’s wife, in which she describes her perspective of New Brighton and of the first exhibition of the work at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery in 1985.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisplay copy with a few indentations to the cover, inside as new.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Parr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303196303733,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/4583\/2067\/files\/lr40.jpg?v=1772544928","url":"https:\/\/photobookstore.co.uk\/products\/the-last-resort-40-years-on-imperfect","provider":"Photobookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}