Along beach in daylight
1982
from the Blackpool Seaside Resort series 1982
- Medium
- cibachrome photograph
- Measurements
- 23.9 × 38.8 cm (image) 30.5 × 40.5 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- England
- Inscription
- inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: Chris Steele-Perkins 1982
- Accession Number
- PH107-1982
- Department
- International Photography
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1982
© Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
-
In the 1980s, Chris Steele-Perkins photographed everyday life in Britain. This photograph was part of an extended series documenting the British at play – in the pub, at a Conservative Party ball, at the beach in Blackpool – that created a portrait of Britain during the era of the Thatcher prime ministership. Here, a dog lifts its leg on a beach shelter, children cluster around sad-looking donkeys, and a fully clothed man remains intent on reading his newspaper. These disparate elements reveal the declining holiday resort as a sad vestige of its former glory days, perhaps a metaphor for the nation itself at the time.
