Sophie Haigney

The weird and wonderful world of hotel carpets

Bill Young’s mesmerising book of photographs illustrates the power of stopping to look at what’s beneath our feet

Hotel Carpets takes seriously – though not too seriously – culture that exists in the background, like this carpet from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, photographed by Bill Young. Credit: Bill Young

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