***additional galleries: the last resort revisited: Dench_NewBrighton19

A man seated in a green and white deck chair waits for the Northwest Concert Band to perform in Vale Park.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 walk in Parr's footsteps and document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.

A man seated in a green and white deck chair waits for the Northwest Concert Band to perform in Vale Park.

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 walk in Parr's footsteps and document what has changed or remained the same in the seaside town.