A staggering 10% of Detroit’s people risk losing their homes this year alone,but the art and photography we see of urban decay do not relate their legend On the surface, Detroit can be summed up in one image: an abandoned and gutted home. Detroit is one of the most photographed cities in the world and the general narrative is of ruin, or abandonment and decay. [br]Such shocking photographs amount to “ruin porn” and only serve to obscure the humanity and the complexity behind the city’s long struggle and reduce Detroit to its ruins.
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Source: theguardian.com