Photographing Amusement Parks: Roller Coasters in Rwanda; Fairy Tales in Turkmenistan

That visit spurred a four-year journey for photographer Anoek Steketee, documented in their series Dream City, through the world of carnies and Ferris wheels from Rwanda to Turkmenistan. The parks’ surreal fairy-tale settings, with perfectly manicured gardens in areas torn by genocide and ethnic clashes, showed the duo that the desire to escape from reality is a universal human need