Photographer Mauro D'Agati

The glimmering spectacle of lights on the Las Vegas strip, lavish casinos, and images of tap-dancing showgirls will not be found in Mauro D'Agati's latest collection of photographs from Nevada's adult playground. Instead, Less Vegas gives us a glimpse at the seedy bars, run-down marquees, greasy buffets, and broken neon signs that may have once ruled sin-city in its heyday. Instead of photographing Wayne Newton or David Copperfield, the photographer spends his days following a cast of characters he meets on the streets. He shows us tragedy in the land of promise, the failure of those chasing fantasy, and expressions of hope on the faces of those that live or earn their keep on the dirty streets.

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