Summer travels: New York > Atlanta > Vancouver > Zurich > Prague > Brno

It's been a great summer.  I got around a bit, but I also made new work (stay tuned for that in a later blog post).  Right now a look back at the last three months.

 We kicked off the summer with a trip to Maryland's eastern shore.

Sean's Brooklyn rooftop

The old Coke museum in Atlanta

Vancouver was amazing!

Chinatown

Off to Europe

 Downtown Zurich

 A corner

 Swimming in Zurich was my favorite part of the trip. The water was a clear green, as Swiss water should be.

Charles Bridge, Prague

The hippest tourist in ALL of Prague!

The Prague Biennale

A metronome on the place where a statue of Stalin once stood

 I see dead people

The most classic summer photo I've ever taken - In the Moravian city of Telc

This is what happens when you bring alcohol to the cottage!

My amazing daughter

Train to Brno, CZ

 

Two doors

Train with castle

It's time to go home!

Detroit: Don't Cry For Us, Cry For Them

In honor of my beloved hometown I have decided to dig into my archive of Detroit images for this post.  Detroit has long been the holy grail of "ruin porn" photography and the recent news of the city filing for bankruptcy will undoubtedly spur that on.  My feeling is that Detroiters look upon these seductive color photographs of abandoned theaters and churches with a weary eye.  Those images are beautiful, and horrifying, but they are taken from an outsider perspective and ultimately, they are NOT Detroit!  These photos, taken from the early 90's through the present, are not exactly rosy either.  What they are though, is pictures of the people of Detroit! 

 

Rodriguez, circa 1999, just before he discovered that he was a rock star.

 

 Tearing down Tiger Stadium