New Brighton Revisited by Martin Parr, Tom Wood, and Ken Grant

Diane Smyth | British Journal of Photography | 12th July 2018

New Brighton is a beach resort in England with faded prospects. Photography of its decline has been controversial. Parr, the first to show the seismic changes occurring in this part of Thatcher’s Britain, was accused of “defeating” the town. Others have trodden more carefully, perhaps at the cost of self-censorship. Ironically, some locals hope to regenerate the area through the arts.