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The Martin Parr Foundation commemorates the late photographer\u2019s legacy with a 40th-anniversary exhibition of The Last Resort
\nThe show features unseen images, contact sheets and Parr\u2019s original camera
\nThe exhibition will run from February 20 \u2013 May 24, 2026<\/p>\n
In a moving tribute to the late British photographer Martin Parr<\/a>, the Martin Parr Foundation<\/a> in Bristol has announced a significant exhibition of his seminal series, The Last Resort.<\/p>\n The show marks the 40th anniversary of both the project\u2019s landmark debut at London\u2019s Serpentine Gallery and its original self-publication in 1986. Considered the definitive body of work that launched Parr\u2019s international career, the series captures the Merseyside seaside resort of New Brighton between 1983 and 1985, providing a raw, satirical and intensely colorful portrait of the British working class at leisure during the Thatcher era.\n<\/p>\n The exhibition features the full set of 40 iconic photographs, showcasing Parr\u2019s revolutionary use of saturated colors and daylight flash, which at the time signaled a seismic shift from traditional black-and-white documentary photography to a hyperreal, contemporary aesthetic. Notable artworks include the famous shot of a baby playing near arcade machines and the leading image of a bored couple sitting in a restaurant with pastel pink and teal walls. These photographs highlight the \u201cshabby\u201d reality of a crumbling seaside town, where concrete promenades and litter-strewn vistas serve as a backdrop for everyday moments of human persistence and recreation.\n<\/p>\n Beyond the final prints, the exhibition offers a deep dive into Parr\u2019s creative process by displaying rare archival ephemera, including contact sheets, press invites and original reviews from the 1980s. Visitors can also view the actual Plaubel Makina 67 camera Parr used to achieve the series\u2019 characteristic medium-format detail.\n<\/p>\n Scheduled to run from February 20 \u2013 May 24, 2026, Martin Parr\u2019s The Last Resort exhibition will be on view at the Martin Parr Foundation gallery in Bristol.\n<\/p>\n Martin Parr Foundation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary The Martin Parr Foundation commemorates the late photographer\u2019s legacy with a 40th-anniversary exhibition of The Last Resort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-209511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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