Great British Seaside - Photography from the 1960s to the PresentPevná vazba
Great British Seaside - Photography from the 1960s to the PresentPevná vazba One hundred photographs and personal essays capture the ambiguities and eccentricities that define a day at the British…
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Great British Seaside - Photography from the 1960s to the PresentPevná vazba
One hundred photographs and personal essays capture the ambiguities and eccentricities that define a day at the British seaside.Many in Britain look back with fondness on memories of paddles in the sea and picnics on the promenade. These tensions have provided fertile ground for documentary photographers who have sought to capture the enduring British tradition.A sociocultural exploration of the British beach through the works of four of Britain's best-loved photographers--Tony Ray-Jones, David Hurn, Martin Parr, and Simon Roberts--this book explores our changing relationship with the seaside since the 1960s and holds up a critical and affectionate mirror to a much-loved and quintessentially British experience. Yet the seaside can also be a place of faded glory and acute deprivation.
The book also includes personal essays, material from each of the photographers'