Gladiators

by Mark Holborn, Mia Fineman, Eric Payson

A gritty, graphic look at the high-powered NBA play-offs, this is a riveting examination of sport, violence, masculinity, racial politics and television culture. Eric Payson takes us into the dark heart of the American Dream with these photos shot off a widescreen TV during the 2001 playoffs. More then just portraying basketball, they explore America's obsession with entertainment and voyeurism and the public's lust for the violence and pageantry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576872211
• ISBN13: 9781576872215
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: powerHouse Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.6" x 8.1"