Today Detroit may be more famous for its blight than its automotive ingenuity. Visiting artists have grown enchanted with the crumbling architecture and ghost-city streets, creating work known as “ruin porn.” Its epitome may be photographer Andrew Moore’s astonishing book Detroit Disassembled. Michigan Radio’s Jennifer Guerra looks into how Detroit’s own local artists feel about ruin porn and what it says about the city.
Slideshow: Detroit, ruin…and rebirth?
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