by Henry Wessel
WAIKIKI
2011
$102.00
First edition of WAIKIKI by Henry Wessel (2011)
First impression
Large format hardback in fine condition
A few superficial marks to dust jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve
Some very slight toning to extremities of pages
Otherwise, pages clean, binding firm
About
Waikiki, one of Honolulu’s most famous neighbourhoods, had already become a crowded tourist destination when Wessel photographed there in the late seventies and early eighties. This book contains Wessel’s edit of these pictures and is a record of American leisure at this time: of surf, sand and inexhaustible pleasure-seekers. Yet Wessel equally explores the contradictions of Waikiki – concrete hotels invading pristine beaches, culture encroaching on nature. Despite all the fun in the sun, Wessel’s subjects are often distanced and dissatisfied, suggesting an underlying unease.
Publisher: Steidl
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