America's Stage: Times Square

Book Overview

In America's Stage: Times Square, street photographer Betsy Karel (born 1946) uses five New York City blocks as a metaphor for urban America today. Her premise is that many of the major trends of our society are present in Times Square: globalism, consumerism, ubiquitous sexualization, hucksterism, surveillance, narcissism. All are compressed and amplified here. In Karel's photos fantasy parades as reality, corporate interests invade almost...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3958292720
• ISBN13: 9783958292727
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 12.7"