A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall | The New Yorker

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A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall

“We’re all being manipulated in the mall,” the photographer Stephen DiRado says. But his photos elicit a certain nostalgia, almost in spite of themselves.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-begrudgingly-affectionate-portrait-of-the-american-mall

There’s a reason that the mall’s corporate honchos—who had signed a contract giving him free rein to document daily life there—“freaked out,” in DiRado’s words, when they first saw the results. Where was the evidence of all the fun that they sponsored? The clowns? The Santa Claus?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-begrudgingly-affectionate-portrait-of-the-american-mall