Bottom Dollar

Author(s): Frederic Basso

Type: Photograph

Department: Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science

Exhibit no: 4


Frederic Basso
A tent pitched on the pavement outside a London theatre showing "Annie". The theatre sign reads "It's the hard knock life."

This picture captures the paradoxical nature of capitalism where staged re-enchantment brushes up against the disenchantment of everyday economic strife.