The Ruins of Detroit

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The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at some point, the volatile result of a change of eraand the fall of empires. Ruins are a fantastic land where one no longer knows whether reality slips into a dream orwhether, on the contrary, dream makes a brutal return into the most violent of realities."Yves Marchand and Romain MeffreOver the past generation Detroit has suffered economically worse than any other of the major American cities and itsrampant urban decay is now glaringly apparent. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have documented this disintegration, showcasing structures that were formerly a source of civic pride, and which now stand as monuments to the city's fallfrom grace. This is the third edition of this award-winning book.Born in 1981 and 1987 in the Parisian suburbs, Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre began to photograph separatelyin 2001. They began to work as a duo at the beginning of their project on the ruins of Detroit in 2005.

Neuauflage/Nachdruck Juni 2019