***archive: last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton04

A young girl clutches a bag of pink candy-floss purchased on Marine Promenade in New Brighton.In 1986, world famous photographer Martin Parr published his book The 'Last Resort,' a set of photographs taken over three seasons 1983-85 in the Liverpool suburb of New Brighton. 25 years later, photographer and Parr fan, Peter Dench, went on a Bank Holiday pilgrimage to New Brighton to walkin Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.

A young girl clutches a bag of pink candy-floss purchased on Marine Promenade in New Brighton.

In 1986, world famous photographer Martin Parr published his book The 'Last Resort,' a set of photographs taken over three seasons 1983-85 in the Liverpool suburb of New Brighton. 25 years later, photographer and Parr fan, Peter Dench, went on a Bank Holiday pilgrimage to New Brighton to walkin Parr's footsteps to document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.