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Detroit Disassembled (2010)

by Andrew Moore(Favorite Author)

4.48 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8862081405 (ISBN13: 9788862081405)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Damiani

review 1: As a fan of ruins, decay and post-apocolyptic landscapes I enjoyed these photographs (and the commentary). The photographs are from Detroit and Highland Park. I wish I had more time to explore when I was there - the architecture was beautiful, no matter the state it was in.There is a pretty amazing Daliesque "melting clock face" photo and so many fascinating 19th century buildings that are beyond restoration (I can pretend someone might take an interest in preservation, right?).
review 2: Beautiful, haunting pictures. I have to say though, I liked James D. Griffioen's pictures of Detroit taken around the same time (or a bit earlier) better. I don't know if it felt like there was a wider variety in Griffioen's subjects or if I just saw them first or what, but ... moreGriffioen's photo of a tree growing out of the moldering books in the Detroit Public Schools' Book Depository is awesome and iconic, Moore's is just a tree in growing near a mess of books. Still many wonderful shots and until Griffioen's are published in a book, it's the best book of the decay of modern Detroit that I've seen. less

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