In this publication, Italian photographer Stefano Cerio (born 1962) documents off-season amusement parks, beaches and sports grounds in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao and Hong Kong. His centrally organized, often absurd compositions expose the bleakness and senselessness behind the amusing facades.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Hyperallergic
Allison Meier
[S]ites that are joyous frenzies by day become uncanny in the darkness. A frontier schooner looks to be levitating from its ferris wheel, while the head of King Kong trapped in a lonely cage at the center of some whirling ride is more melancholy than menacing in the low light. In each scene, the emptiness and seemingly limitless black background heighten the surreal settings.
CNN
Harriet Verney
Artificial worlds: Eerie images capture recreational places at the dead of night...
FORMAT: Hbk, 11.75 x 10 in. / 128 pgs / 55 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $55.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $72.5 ISBN: 9783775739696 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 8/25/2015 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Hatje Cantz. Text by Nadine Barth, Walter Guadagnini.
In this publication, Italian photographer Stefano Cerio (born 1962) documents off-season amusement parks, beaches and sports grounds in Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao and Hong Kong. His centrally organized, often absurd compositions expose the bleakness and senselessness behind the amusing facades.
