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Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre: The Ruins of Detroit
How would you describe to Detroit for someone who has never been there?
Detroit is a typical American city, vibrant and full of contrast. It would be difficult to find a city whose transformation is so strongly linked to the forces of recent history. In some areas the fabric of the city has disintegrated so dramatically that you don’t feel that you are in an urban environment anymore. This gives Detroit a very particular flavour.
How did you find the places to photograph? Was it dangerous getting into some of them?
In some cases by looking online and scouring maps. We would make a list and then go explore. Ruins have a certain mystic about them which results in people projecting their fears onto them. We never had any trouble although it is always worth keeping your wits about you!
What do you think the pictures tell us about America?
These photographs tell a story which goes further than America. The car had a great impact changing our landscape forever. However, it is just another chapter in our history.
In Asia today factories are being built and new empires created but as the ancient proverb warns, ‘this too will pass’ – everything is essentially temporary. America is going through a transition, which Europe expe
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Steidl Goettingen 2010 2014 Hardcover, cloth bound, sixieme tirage (2014). According to the authors the English edition had a printrun of approx. 2500, while the French edition ("D�troit, vestiges du r�ve am�ricain") had a printrun of 1000. With texts by Thomas J. Sugrue and Robert Polidori (Introduction). Steidl, Gottingen. 2014. Sixieme tirage. New, mint, unread. Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol 3, page 174. Hardback with photographic linen-effect cover (as issued). 360 x 287 mm (14 1/4 X 11 1/4 inch). 228 pages. 186 colour plates with 12 colour and black and white photographs. Essays: Robert Polidori, Thomas J. Sugrue. Translation: Sebastien de Villele. Design: Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre, Sarah Winter, Jonas Wettre, Gerhard Steidl. Text: french. Perfekt collector`s copy! Over the past generation Detroit has suffered economically worse than any other of the major American cities and its rampant urban decay is now glaringly apparent during this current recession. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre documented this disintegration, showcasing structures that were formerly a source of civic pride, and which now stand as monuments to the city`s fall from grace. "Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of
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Additional facts
The pic volume 'Ruins of Detroit' by photographers Yves MARCHAND and Romain MEFFRE was published acquit yourself six editions between 2010 and 2015 and was also featured in 'The Photobook. A History Vol.3 'by Comedian Parr favour Gerry Bedevil.
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- Actual motion picture run, HC with detritus jacket, 37 x 29 x 2,5 cm., Cardinal pp., colouration ills., characteristic