Nobody ever discovered ugliness through photographs. But many, through photographs, have discovered beauty. Except for those situations in which the camera is used to document, or mark social rites, what moves people to take photographs is finding something beautiful....Nobody exclaims, "Isn't that ugly! I must take a photograph of it." Even if someone did say that, all it would mean is: "I find that ugly thing. ....
Last month I had the chance to photograph Detroit's abandoned Packard Automotive Plant. It is 3.5 million square foot photographers playground. Of course we only saw a fraction of the site as we were trying to see and shoot as much of the city as we could during our 3 day "tour". That and after a couple of hours, 3.5 million square feet of vandalized, burned, burning, crumbling,...
A couple weeks ago I celebrated Canada's May 24 weekend with friends exploring abandoned and vacated Detroit with my new Rolleiflex E2 TLR. We did the requisite tour of Packard Automotive, St. Agnes/Martyrs of Uganda Parish Church, the Lee Plaza Hotel/Apartments, Highland Park and Fisher Body 21. I could have stayed in Detroit for weeks, the whole city is a photographers playground and after the sun sets there...
Modern Canadian Interiors, the first book by the TLR Club (Richelle Forsey, Martin Helmut Reis, Alejandro Valencia, Kevin McBride and Colin Savage), is a photographic journey of abandoned spaces in Ontario including the Gravenhurst TB Sanatorium, the Old Don Jail, New York Pork, Firestone Tire, St. Clements Church and more… Is now available in four bookstores and galleries! the Art Gallery of Ontario shop EYELEVEL Gallery in Halifax...
This poster was a submission that wasn't accepted. It appears here with the printers bleed. Chairs are the most often abandoned piece of furniture. This poster features my photos of my favourite abandoned chairs as they were found. People often design entire environments around a chair to illustrate the function or status of a room. Nothing changes when they leave. The chairs are now a suggestion of...