The Victorian Pleasure Piers of a British Summer

The pleasure pier, a monument to the Victorian era and stalwart feature of many British coastal towns, was the inspiration behind photographer Simon Roberts’ latest project. Thirty-nine-year-old Roberts has spent the past three years traversing the coastline of Britain photographing these eccentric Victorian constructions. The result of his labors is Pierdom – a landscape format monograph featuring every single one of Britain’s remaining 58 piers, along with a handful of seascapes that mark where long-lost piers once stood.