Nice Detriot work, indeed. Detroit has a ton of abandoned structures, from what I have read. Would be an interesting place to shoot I'd think. Finding stuff like that around where I am is difficult at best.
Ed Sawyer wrote:
Nice Detriot work, indeed. Detroit has a ton of abandoned structures, from what I have read. Would be an interesting place to shoot I'd think. Finding stuff like that around where I am is difficult at best.
Aside from the risks of getting knifed, etc.
They still use knives?
Actually I've been doing this decay thing, off and on, since the mid 90's and only been uncomfortable a couple times (knock on wood). It's all about the timing.
Here's a couple more from the 16th and 17th floors
davidbogdan wrote:
They still use knives?
Actually I've been doing this decay thing, off and on, since the mid 90's and only been uncomfortable a couple times (knock on wood). It's all about the timing.
Here's a couple more from the 16th and 17th floors
Maybe guns, I have no idea other than Detroit is a sketchy place. Nice shots!
A little off topic but i like to think about the philosophy and impact of photography on social conscience sometimes...
What a tragedy it is to see that detroit building go to waste.
Hate to say it but it sometimes seems like even hitler had more respect for certain architectural/historical buildings (eiffel tower), than some 'urban' planners and corporate interests do...
I admire anyone that does urban exploration, whether for artistic or documentary reasons, it's one way to capture our crumbling history.
North American history seems to be something of little importance (look at the genocide of North American natives - at least 20 million to now under 200,000), and a bare grasp on the remnants of that past now remain.
Or the history of computers - there is only one computer museum in all of north america (that i know of), and many monuments of computer science have been lost already, or only have single non-working units.
For but two examples.
I'm really glad certain people are out there shooting our precious dwindling landscapes, historical buildings e.t.c.
Photography is so important in preserving a sliver of the past.
Anyways hope i wasn't too off topic there... just really admire anyone who photographs dangerous urban environments and historical locations.. the underbelly of society which has no voice otherwise.
systemlayers wrote:
Hate to say it but it sometimes seems like even hitler had more respect for certain architectural/historical buildings (eiffel tower), than some 'urban' planners and corporate interests do...
More respect for buildings, less for people. Let's not go there.
another from that lens, same film and exposure (8x10 Arista EDU about 1/2-1/3rd second exposure developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes on a roller). The lens itself is f1.2, but it's larger than the front of my camera so I've had to make an aperture for it that was smaller, so it's about f2.0-f2.8 or so right now. Can kind of see the curvature of the focus plane in this shot. It's real noticeable when focusing, but not as noticeable in the final images.
