When photographer Martin Parr visited the northern seaside resort of New Brighton more than 40 years ago he had no idea the shots he would take there would divide a nation. It was meant to be ...

There are not many remnants of New Brighton's past as a Victorian and Edwardian seaside town still visible today. The tower was pulled down and sold for scrap in the 1920s, while the ballroom was ...

The output of the photographer Martin Parr has a flavour of both "seaside-postcard artist Donald McGill and Alan Bennett, with a bit of American street photographer Vivian Maier and a sliver of Diane ...

You know a Martin Parr photo when you see one. Highly saturated, brightly coloured and often unflattering in their treatment ...

Martin Parr is famous for his satirical ... His most famous pieces are vivid and colourful portraits of packed seaside towns, people eating chips beside overflowing bins, and a scene capturing ...

Martin Parr's photographs of New Brighton in the early to mid-1980s were controversial. When photographer Martin Parr visited the Northern seaside resort of New Brighton more than 40 years ago he ...