Neon boneyard : Las Vegas A-Z / by Judy Natal ; with a conclusion by Johanna Drucker.

Main entry:

Natal, Judy.

Title & Author:

Neon boneyard : Las Vegas A-Z / by Judy Natal ; with a conclusion by Johanna Drucker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Santa Fe : Center for American Places ; Chicago : in association with Columbia College : Distributed by University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Description:

xii, 74 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Center books on the American West

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 67).
Introduction : sign language -- The plates : neon boneyard, Las Vegas A-Z -- Fallen icons : the afterlife of signs : a conclusion / Johanna Drucker.

Summary:

"Through Judy Natal's photographs, the Neon Boneyard becomes a dynamic archaeological site that interweaves Vegas's past and present in startling ways. The towering figure of Mr. O'Lucky becomes a home for the homeless, while the crumpled sign of a wedding chapel reflects the faded dreams of a lost paradise. Through such juxtapositions of success and failure, of past and present, Neon Boneyard: Las Vegas A-Z returns us to an earlier image of Vegas, suffused with the warm, commercial glow of neon, lighting the desert and inventing modern nightlife."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1930066562 (clothbound)
9781930066564 (clothbound)

Subject:

Neon signs Nevada Las Vegas Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Enseignes lumineuses Nevada Las Vegas Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Neon signs.
Neonröhre
Werbeschild
Deponie
Las Vegas (Nev.) Pictorial works.
Las Vegas (Nev.) Ouvrages illustrés.
Nevada Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nev.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Drucker, Johanna, 1952-
Center for American Places.
Center books on the American West.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249544
Call No.: BIB 179136
Status: Available

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