The year is 2018, and corporate conglomerates are the new superpowers. Crime and poverty have been eliminated, and the violent, sometimes deadly sport of rollerball has become a worldwide obsession. James Caan stars as Jonathan E., veteran champion of the game, whose maverick ways shake up the corporation’s control. As the tagline says: “The next war will not be fought—it will be played!”
Over a professional life spanning seven decades, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) established himself as one of the most important figures in the history of photography. What is less known is that for much of that time, Steichen devoted himself to the nurturing of plants and gardens, an activity that sustained him and through which he developed ardently held beliefs regarding the relationship of art, nature, and creativity.