Take a seaside tour with bus stop roof show

TWO British photographers have launched an outdoor exhibition that can only be viewed from the top deck of a double-decker bus.

- CLAIRE HAYHURST

Martin Parr and JJ Waller's Beside the Sea is a collection of 65 large-scale images that have been pasted onto the roofs of bus shelters across Brighton.

The pictures, taken over a number of decades by the two acclaimed photographers, take passengers on a journey through the British seaside as they travel through bus routes in the city.

They believe their exhibition, which is part of Brighton Festival and went on display on Tuesday, is the first of its kind.

Parr, an internationally-renowned documentary photographer based in Bristol, said: "I love the idea of showing images on a bus shelter roof - the last thing you expect when travelling upstairs on a bus.

"Photography has the ability to be shown anywhere and this is the most original location I can think of."