Waikiki
by Henry Wessel
Steidl
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.
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- 60 pages
- 29.5 cm x 29.5 cm
- Clothbound hardcover with a tipped-in photo
- Steidl
- ISBN: 978-3-86930-300-0
