The Book of Urinals
After years of painstaking, clandestine research spanning North America, Europe, and the Middle East, The Book of Urinals is now available as a photo-illustrated, slightly irreverent, always tasteful, and surprisingly informative glimpse into this mysterious men’sroom staple.Written and photographed by award-winning journalist and habitual ironist Rich Binsacca, The Book of Urinals features 44 unique images of these strange and wonderful (and mostly) porcelain creatures, from airport lounges, sports venues, hotels, office building, restaurants, fitness gyms, parks, and porta-johns, taken with his handy iPhone.I only photographed urinals in restrooms in which I was alone,”writes Binsacca in the book’sIntroduction. “Soetimes that was easy (but) most times it was dumb luck to find no one else in a public restroom. But I never broke that rule, even though it sometimes caused me to miss a good urinal …and by ‘mis,' I mean not photograph it.”Wih roots in ninth century Sri Lanka and popularized in America during its Industrial Revolution, urinals have graced private and public restrooms for millennia, inspiring varying degrees of disgust, design innovation, wonder, and wet footwear. Now (finally!) there’sa book that answers lingering questions and sets the record straight about splash factors and shy bladders—th two most common urinal-