Description following on the heels of martin parrs limited edition album style publication lifes a beach aperture now presents this beach friendly mini edition parr has been photographing the topic of the beach for many decades documenting sunbathers rambunctious swimmers caught mid plunge and the eternal sandy picnic. Martin parr was born in epsom surrey uk in 1952 when he was a boy his budding interest in the medium of photography was encouraged by his grandfather george parr himself a keen amateur photographer parr studied photography at manchester polytechnic from 1970 1973 since that time martin parr has worked on numerous photographic projects. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website if you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. We cant say enough about beloved british photographer martin parrs new book lifes a beach published by aperture this year parrs coastal infatuation started in the 1970s you may recall his 1986 release of the last resort a capture of the seaside resort of new brighton near liverpool he has since continued to document beach goers from all corners of the world argentina brazil . On sunday 27 october 2019 at 12 the unmissable lifes a beach exhibition by martin parr will open at the civico museo revoltella promoted by the municipality of trieste in collaboration with trieste photo days 2019 and magnum photos