Jack Carnell is known for his photographs of Americans engaged in popular pastimes. His photograph of the entrance to the Luxor casino in Las Vegas shows a woman photographing her friend, who poses on the back of a ram's-headed lion. The proprietors of the Luxor boast that their ancient-Egyptian themed facility, with its oversized sphinx and glass pyramid, was "scrupulously researched for cultural and historical accuracy." Carnell's deadpan presentation allows various interpretations, from sympathetic and light hearted to cynical.