{"product_id":"americas-stage-times-square-hardcover-1","title":"America's Stage: Times Square - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetsy Karel\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Stage: Times Square\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 all public spaces, and Times Square becomes a vivid, almost hyper realistic, form of theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Karel is a native New Yorker who haunted Times Square to find what most of the city's dwellers seek to avoid: the tourists and everything that exists for them in that historic mecca. She records the intermingling of those responsible for the cacophony, those reacting and those who appear oblivious. She recognized the sadness that co-exists with outrageous exhibitionism, the excessive signs competing for attention with 24\/7 congestion, workers, beggars and lovers.\" --Anne Wilkes Tucker\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 12.7 x 9.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47349124759801,"sku":"9783958292727","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZEd5WlNxSUs4S2FqR1krY3BYR3Eydz09_5f72d82c-c203-4e42-8f63-90c7bcebd496.webp?v=1769778927","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/americas-stage-times-square-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}