American photographer Amy Lyne has just released her book about her work on the neighourood and beaches of Coney Island, in New York, USA. We embark with her for a journey through bathing suit, sand, sun, games in the water and refreshing food and drinks. She writes: “I have been asked why I would spend time shooting Coney Island when it has already been so widely photographed. I was drawn to Coney Island because of Lisette Model’s ‘Coney Island Bather’ and I wanted to know if I could find remnants of that Coney Island. The train ride to Coney Island would take an eternity. It is at the end of the R train and I live in Downtown Manhattan… 64 minutes and 17 stops later, I would disembark and stomp through the sand for hours on end. The beach was always packed. I would weave in and out of the lines of greased bodies, but no one seemed bothered. Everyone was engrossed in their sunbathing, playing, grooming. I was invisible.”
Amy Lyne, Coney Island
Published by Peeper Press
http://amylyne.com/
