Review: Pierdom by Simon Roberts Over the past three years Roberts continued the project and has traveled the length and breath of the UK to create a contemporary study of the remaining 58 British Pleasure Piers, becoming Roberts new book, "Peirdom." The structures quintessentially British, are as quirky and varied as the British personality. Part of British Romantic history these much-loved giants are also a testament to the skills of Victorian engineering. Intrepid Roberts was never worried about the weather, as he wanted to depict the piers in a range of seasons and meteorological conditions. His journey had its ups and downs, such as an eleven-hour trip to photograph Aberystwyth Pier only to find it shrouded in dense fog and getting caught by an incoming tide when photographing on the ruins of Southampton Royal Pier. Roberts has captured the unique and individual monuments throughout the seasons photographing through grey and misty skies, freezing snow, to the sunny blue colour palate of the idyllic family holiday. As with the iconic study "We English," Roberts's exquisite, painterly tableaux are often quiet and reflective, shot from a distance true to Robert's poetic vision. Worthing Pier proved the most challenging to photograph. The final time I attempted to shoot was during a snowstorm, which offered it's own unique obstacles given I was using a 4x5" plate camera mounted on a tripod and the winds were almost gale-force! The best was taking the last frame of the project, Rothesay Pier on the Isle of Bute in Scotland on 24th May 2013. 'Pierdom' by Simon Roberts Dewi Lewis Publishing, (RRP £35) The book is also available on Amazon Follow Telegraph Photography on Twitter