Conjuring Paradise

Betsy Karel
9781934435670 / 1934435678
Conjuring Paradise

Conjuring Paradise

Betsy Karel
9781934435670 / 1934435678
Publisher Radius Books
Edition Hardcover , 120 Pages
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American photographer Betsy Karel first visited Waikiki in 2009 with her husband, who was then in the final stages of terminal cancer. While there, the symptoms of his disease seemed to temporarily recede amid his joy in Waikiki’s beauty and resources, and Karel promised to capture his happiness in a new series of photographs. This highly personal book, which continued over the next four years, is dedicated to his memory. Karel’s vision of “paradise” is kaleidoscopic and vivid, and her rendering of Waikiki is often ambiguous and complex. The people she pictures are relaxed, reveling in the sensuous pleasures of a sun-drenched destination. Yet while depicting a manufactured dreamscape that oscillates between real and imaginary worlds, these photographs testify to the intensity of our desire to experience our dreams–and equally to escape unpleasant realities.

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Book title Conjuring Paradise
Photographer Betsy Karel
ISBN 10 1934435678 / 1-934435-67-8       
ISBN 13 9781934435670 / 978-1-934435-67-0
Publisher Radius Books
Publish date Nov 2013
Book format Hardcover
Pages 120 Pages
Dimensions 28 x 30,5 cm / 11 x 12 inches

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