Found Photos
in Detroit
By Arianna Arcara, Luca Santese Cesura publish, 2022
The project Found Photos in Detroit was born from the idea of a reportage concerning the city of Detroit. The project wanted originally to portrait the current abandon and decandence of Detroit, as consequence of the well known socio-economical crisis that hit the city from the middle Seventies. During the first trip, in December 2009, many photos and documents were found close to several decadent public buildings, such as police stations, schools, tribunals and hospitals. This material, even if at that time was just random, revealed immediatly a stunning documentary potential.
LINK TO THE PROJECT
(Book Cover)
(Found Photos in Detroit book)
In 2012 the autors published the Found Photos in Detroit book. The book has collected seven nominations as the best photographic book of the year and was selected by Martin Parr and Garry Badger for the series: Photobook: A History Vol III, which collects the 200 best books after the second world war.
(Photobook: A History Vol III)