Beach Life
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No one captures the colorful, blissful chaos of the beach like the British photographer Martin Parr. Some of his seaside shots swim with the verve of a Hieronymus Bosch painting. Others are spare, dotted with tiny figures who are nearly swallowed up in the sprawl of the dunes. Everywhere there are stories: a seagull going about its day; surfers cresting and crashing; a couple, still wet from a dip, canoodling across their towels. Martin Parr: Beach Therapy collects and reproduces the latest in Parr’s long-running series of sandy photographs. A selection of images from the book appears below.
Martin Parr, Mar Del Plata, Argentina, 2014. From the series Beach Therapy. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.
Martin Parr, Tenby, Wales, 2016. From the series Beach Therapy. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.
Martin Parr, Broadstairs, Kent, England, 2014. From the series Beach Therapy. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.
Martin Parr, Sorrento, Italy, 2014. From the series Beach Therapy. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.
Martin Parr, St Ives, Cornwall, England, 2017. From the series Beach Therapy. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.
From the book Martin Parr: Beach Therapy, out now from Damiani Publishers. All photographs © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.