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Dreamlands

100+ Seaside resorts documented, with a focus on seafront culture. 2008 - ongoing.

Prints via The Photographers’ Gallery. 20x24”, Editions of 7 +2 AP

Rob Ball has been making photographs at the coast for fifteen years and has now documented over 100 resorts worldwide. His work examines the rhythms of the seaside, and the changes that arise from seasonal and generational change. Focusing on the ways that fractured communities and infrastructure undergo repair and renewal, Ball’s images demonstrate that, despite lack of investment, the commercial coastline endures. His work of the built environment at the coast represents an important and often overlooked part of our culture. He has produced five photobooks bringing together these ideas which examine the commercial coastline on both sides of the Atlantic, from Margate to Coney Island.


Promenade, Blackpool Tropicana, New Jersey Coney Island, New York Grand Parade, Skegness North Promenade, Cleethorpes North Pier, Blackpool Marine Gardens, Margate Marine Parade, Weston super Mare Adventure Island, Southend Main Sands, Margate Messina, Sicily Surf Avenue, Coney Island Marine Parade, Southend Broadway, Jaywick Sands Promenade, Barry Island Silcocks Fun Palace, Blackpool Palma Cafe, Blackpool Clarence Pier, Southsea The Promenade, Leysdown Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells Coney Island Beach Oxford Street, Whitstable Surf Avenue, Coney Island Promenade, Blackpool Marine parade, Great Yarmouth Ocean Avenue, New Jersey Ethelbert Terrace, Cliftonville Esplanade, Cromer Le Touquet, Hauts-de-France Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay