In the ruins of Detroit




Post-apocalyptic movies like “I am Legend” use special effects worth millions of dollars to create worlds that have long become part of reality in Detroit. In the ruins of Motown Yves Marchand und Romain Meffre, photographers from Paris, France, have found monuments they compare to the pyramids of Gizeh, the Colliseum in Rome or the Akropolis in Athens. The result of their photography is creepy and beautiful at the same time and provides us with another set of insights into an America that can rarely or never be seen.

Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies
and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension.
The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at
some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires.


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3 Responses


  • photizo
    January 5, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Großartige Serie! Danke für den Link… Macht Lust auf mehr ;o)

  • Admin
    January 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    @photizo

    Lust auf mehr? Hier ein kleines Update eines der Häuser aus der Serie, das ‘ne Bekannte aus LA mit Freunden in Detroit eher zufällig gefilmt hat:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p7G4hpvUn4

    Unbedingt Ton einschalten!

  • Haule
    January 4, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Coole Bilder, wenn ich mich nicht irre hat auch johnny knoxville einen Film über Detroit und die Gebäude gedreht. Wollte ich mir schon immer mal angucken!


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