Below, some of the work of Chris Maluszynski, who has spent four years photographing the acres of intricately patterned carpeting that winds through the insides of Las Vegas' casinos.
Maluszynski explains how the carpets reflect and extend a sense of one place's unnerving energy:
"Vegas is I feel the most surreal place in the world. In the middle of the desert you have this huge neon-lit metropolis, which is bizarre in itself. Everywhere you look when you are on The Strip or Downtown there are flashing lights to mesmerise you. I found myself trying to give my eyes a rest from the chaos by looking at the floor, but there is no respite even there...
It seems that every inch of everything out there has been designed to bombard your brain into staying awake....The casinos have no windows or natural light so you have no idea what time of day it is. It's all about keeping you stimulated. Tourists spend money when they are not asleep."
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