Publisher's Description
Swiss photographer Christian Lutz presents the arresting images he made between winter 2011 and summer 2014 in Las Vegas. In his words, “I felt the need to confront something that stood for creating illusion, the very symbol of entertainment made in the USA. To go and see what lies behind the lights of a negative system of values.” Lutz was shocked to see the city’s glaring contrasts of euphoria and hopelessness, glamour and isolation, and materialism and wastefulness. Sharply observant, his camera cuts through the illusory gloss and artificial pleasures, revealing lonely, drifting individuals who wander the neon maze of parasitic casinos and societal indifference.
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