Description
Book SynopsisAround eighty photographers capture over a century of the British seaside in all its raucous, joyful and sometimes seedy glory.
Trade Review'Surveys over a century of iconic and humorous holiday experiences and trips to the beach' - Aesthetica
'Features a unique and engaging cast, both behind and in front of the lens, from the 1850s and into the 21st century' - HUCK
'Jam-packed with holiday snaps, shoreline street photography and alluring tourism material' - Elephant
Table of ContentsIntroduction • Waves on the Beach • Shell Stories: Editing the Seaside from the Thirties to the Eighties • Seaside Bohemias • Reporting Back • Halcyon Days • Road Trips • Who’s Looking at the Family? Seaside Chronicles from Then until Now • Worlds in a Small Room: The Seaside Hotel • Gazing Up Close and from a Distance: Performing Studio Portraiture in the 21st Century • Undercurrents: Revising the Seaside from the Sixties to the Nineties
