Contact Sheet Print: Original Slides, 1997 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) words interspersed with photographs from

words interspersed with photographs from the cargo ship that he was working on as he made his way up the Mississippi river to the port right outside New Orleans

1968 to watch his funeral train travel slowly from New York to Washington

Rusted farm equipment and scattered debris line the horizon

and he experiments with different photographic and darkroom techniques to explore their qualities structures

He carried his collection of thousands of vinyl albums with him on assignment to far-flung locations

Contact Sheet Print: Original Slides, 1997 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) words interspersed with photographs fromMartin Parr has always found inspiration on beaches. Ever since his days as a photography student at Manchester Polytechnic in the 1970s, when he would make frequent trips to the seaside resort of Blackpool to take pictures, Parr has seen the beach as a playground for experimentation. More than any other beach location, Benidorm the vast, tourist strewn seaside resort on the eastern coast of Spain could be said to be Parrs favorite. He listed it as