Photography celebrating old shiny things in Las Vegas and Japan.
In April, Times Magazine photographer Graham Wood headed out to Las Vegas to photograph discarded casino signage, including the iconic Golden Nuggets sign (pictured) in all its dusty broken glory. Happily, the signs are to be salvaged and put in an art exhibition by Las Vegas resident (and collections manager of the Liberace Museum) Brian Alvarez. Visitors will be asked buy official ‘adopt-a-watt’ certificates to keep them illuminated as works of public art. The so-called neon boneyard has also been photographed close up by Laura Domela.
Meanwhile, Japan’s abandoned theme parks are celebrated in spooky photographs of rusty rollercoasters. Via bldgblog. More photographs are available on the respective sites. 
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