Michael Rababy ‘Casinoland – Tired of Winning’ - a satirical look at casino culture in the US, published by Kehrer
Michael Rababy is a Lebanese-American documentary photographer, whose work often deals with the topics of US culture and society. ‘Casinoland – Tired of Winning’ is his fourth book project and the result of a 30-year photographic exploration into gambling culture in the US.
In ‘Casinoland – Tired of Winning’, Michael Rababy documents the dazzling world of American casinos: rows of shrill slot machines, glowing billboards, and gaudy splendor are juxtaposed with exhausted faces, tired looks, and lost games. Rababy’s realistic camera view scrutinizes the glamorous appearance of the gleaming gambling halls and exposes their mendacious promises of wealth. The series focuses more on the casino as a capitalist institution as a whole than on the individual gamblers.
Michael Rababy : “I enjoy going to Vegas as an adult – but not for the gambling (I don’t gamble); I go for the people-watching. Everywhere, I see the saturated colors and flashing lights, the luring signs assuring non-stop fun, the percussive sounds of chaos demanding attention, the poetry of losing, the art of walking away, and the great irony that many don’t seem to be feeling the joy they were promised.”
‘Casinoland – Tired of Winning’ Michael Rababy
Texts by Mat Gleason, Simon Glickman
Designed by Kehrer Design
Cover illustration by Damon Robinson
Hardcover, 24.5 x 26 cm, 160 pages, 115 color ills.
ISBN 978-3-96900-164-6, EUR 45.00
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