Coney Island, Baptiste Lignel & Johnny Miller

CONEY ISLAND is no longer that vast mythical leisure space so cherished by New Yorkers, nor that iconic motif in the history of American photography as captured by Walker Evans, Lisette Model, Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, or Weegee’s unforgettable image of a crowd in swimsuits.

The portraits of this popular place, captured by Baptiste Lignel and paired in diptychs with still lifes found on-site and photographed in the studio by Johnny Miller, form the last rays of a place now destined for bulldozers.

“Baptiste Lignel and Johnny Miller’s novel approach has never been done before, and it seems to have found its natural spot on the list. 

Their Coney Island makes you smile because you can smell the dogs and the garbage, you can feel the sand between your toes and the trash you’re stepping on.”

Trans Photographic Press, Oct 2009
Hard Cover
Text in English
33 x 22 cm
72 pages
ISBN : 9782913176645