Tim Richmond wanted to return to his roots in the west of England after taking on the American West in his last photography series Last Best Hiding Place, which was spread over seven years. The resulting Love Bites looks at a stretch of coast along the Bristol Channel and its near-deserted resort towns, spotlighting the small myriad of characters who gather in the area out of season. From transvestites to Latvian pole dancers, amateur wrestlers, fruit pickers and local waitresses, the cinematic series takes cues from realist filmmaking, and Tim cites Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Last Resort as influences.
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