Sun City: A Love Letter to the Golden Years
Autor Kendrick Brinsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 oct 2026
An inspiring and vibrant photographic celebration of Sun City, the retirement community where vivacious seniors live their best lives and provide a joyful lesson to the rest of us.
Sun City celebrates the famous desert retirement community that puts the gold in the "golden years." Here in Arizona, on 14.6 square miles of energy and enthusiasm, the cliché about age being just a number is happily obvious, as residents from 55 into their 90s and beyond spend their days line-dancing with friends, taking yoga classes, playing pickleball, throwing a bowl on the pottery wheel, or rounding the bases at a softball game, often to the rah-rah-rahs of the Sun City Poms cheerleading squad. Hundreds of photographs, lit with joy, bring this one-of-a-kind place to life, and brief but intimate stories of men and women photographer Kendrick Brinson has met and spent time with over the years show how the citizens of Sun City really are living their best lives.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1648295258
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 mm
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Artisan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
The American culture worships youth. So often the media depict aging as lonely, boring, and a time of grief. Sun City offers a rebuttal to that mindset. Sun City is a retirement city in Arizona, with almost 40,000 residents, 55 and older. The desert community opened in 1960, and today it encompasses 14.6 square miles of homes, shops, churches, rec centers, bowling alleys, pools, and 120 clubs, such as art, music, dance, sports, dance. Residents are on average 72 years old, and many are in their 80s and older. And all are active. Some are out playing pickleball, participating in synchronized swim meets, at cheerleading practice with the city's own squad, the Sun City Poms.
The city and its residents are living life to the fullest. Through more than 200 gorgeous photos, quips from its residents, such as "It's like recess seven days a week;" "I grow young in Sun City;" and "This is not God's waiting room;" and reflections from the author, Sun City encapsulates the humorous and heartwarming spirit of this one-of-a-kind place.
Notă biografică
Kendrick Brinson's portraiture and documentary photographer explore the fabric of community through the connections, landscape, and personality that make these places unique. She has covered diverse subjects, including up-and-coming rappers in Atlanta, retirees in an age-restricted community in Arizona, and celebrities including Julia Roberts and Bill Gates. Her various clients range from The New York Times to National Geographic to Rolling Stone. The daughter of a journalist, Brinson grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in newspaper writing, but shifted to photography when she used a camera during her first photojournalism course and immediately witnessed her world expand through the lens. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, photographer David Walter Banks, two dogs, one cat, and many gardens.