Rhyl Caravan Parks
Abstract
Rhyl Caravan Parks was published by Café Royal Books in an edition of 150 in 2015, and was reprinted in 2020 in an edition of 250. It was edited by Craig Atkinson, founder of Café Royal Books. Rhyl Caravan Parks is one of Clarke’s four CRB publications dedicated to the topic of the seaside town of Rhyl, North Wales and is part of Clarke's larger project that documented family holidays in Rhyl. This photobook was published to coincide with Clarke’s exhibition End of the Season at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. The black&white photographs record the caravan parks of Towyn situated west of Rhyl’s seaside resort. This CRB also marks Clarke's early exploration of his photographic archive that dates from the early 1980s.Citation
Clarke, S. (2015). Rhyl Caravan Parks. Southport: Café Royal Books.Publisher
Café Royal BooksAdditional Links
https://caferoyalbooks.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/rhyl-caravan-parks-stephen-clarke/https://caferoyalbooks.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/archive-two-various/
https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/catalogue
https://library.photoireland.org/rhyl-caravan-parks-stephen-clarke/
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BookDescription
It is composed of 18 black&white photographs taken in the 1980s and 1990s. It is included in a box set of 100 Café Royal Books titled Archive Two and is in the collection of major institutions. The CRB photobook Rhyl Caravan Parks and images from it featured in Clarke’s touring exhibition End of the Season (2015 – 2017). Rhyl Caravan Parks, and two images from the photobook, were exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation in the exhibition Café Royal Books: Documentary, Zines and Subversion (14 April-12 June 2022); and at Stills: Centre for Photography, Edinburgh as part of the exhibition titled Café Royal Books (10 November 2023 – 10 February 2024).Collections
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