Tag: Michigan
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Detroit, Michigan
I spent last week in Detroit attending the Society of Architectural Historians‘ annual meeting, where I also had a few opportunities to continue working on my Detroit project. Selections from that work are below, followed by a few traditional architectural photographs. The Fox Theatre The Guardian Building The Guardian Building McGregor Memorial Conference Center The…
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Photographs from Another Year of Travel
Last year I compiled a list of representative photographs from many of the locations I visited in 2010. This year was similarly packed with travel, so I decided I should do it again, starting a year from when I made the last post. Nineteen U.S. metropolitan areas and Vancouver, Canada are represented, although there are…
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Occupy Everywhere
As I’ve been traveling in the last few weeks, I’ve visited Occupy Wall Street affiliated locations in six different cities: Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and both locations in Washington, D.C. Now that winter is approaching and Occupy locations are changing, I thought I should share a couple of photographs…
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A Year of Photographing Elsewhere
There’s no question that 2010 was an unprecedented year for my fieldwork. In addition to many Chicago area opportunities, I visited nearly two dozen major U.S. cities and had the opportunity to spend time in Belfast, Northern Ireland during Twelfth Night. Each location allowed for several days in the field, so I’ve amassed quite a…
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A Few Recent Images from Detroit
Two recent trips to Detroit to participate in the Considering the City exhibition at the University of Michigan Work • Detroit gallery yielded some surprising moments. A few are below.
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Depicting River Rouge, Michigan
Over the summer, one of my favorite places to visit was the city of River Rouge. The city borders Detroit on its southern edge and includes the entirely industrial Zug Island. I was recently looking for more information about the city, when I found its website and discovered some hilarious surprises in its photography gallery,…