Wells’ “backstage” images of the Olympic Games eschew grand ceremony for quotidian moments between athletes, spectators and volunteers alike
From Paris to Pyeongchang, Beijing and Tokyo, Sebastian Wells (born 1996) goes behind the scenes of recent Summer and Winter Olympic Games to reveal the mechanisms of spectacle and control that define these global events.
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Sebastian Wells: Arena Take 1: Facing the Spectacle
Published by Spector Books.
Wells’ “backstage” images of the Olympic Games eschew grand ceremony for quotidian moments between athletes, spectators and volunteers alike
From Paris to Pyeongchang, Beijing and Tokyo, Sebastian Wells (born 1996) goes behind the scenes of recent Summer and Winter Olympic Games to reveal the mechanisms of spectacle and control that define these global events.
