Published by Aperture in 2007, “Paris-New York-Shanghai” is a brilliant sociological and anthropological project by Dutch conceptual artist Hans Eijkelboom. The book uses a unique triple-volume accordion binding to allow simultaneous comparison of three global capitals from different centuries. Eijkelboom spent months in each city, documenting the “man in the street” to reveal how global consumerism has collapsed geographic boundaries. Through snapshot grids of people dressed nearly identically in all three cities, the work challenges our perception of individuality in a mass-market society. It includes an introduction by Martin Parr and an essay by Tony Godfrey, making it a cult object for photography and contemporary culture collectors.