no stereo in motown
digital constructs, side by side panels, 2009-10
NO STEREO IN MOTOWN is about a turning point in Detroit's history. The images and accompanying text speak of competing desires and hopes; of deferred dreams and occasional indifference. The Detroit-Highland Park of these images is dead -- waiting to harness the spirit of its rebirth; a rebirth that has already begun in the hearts of those who call this city home.
Technically and metaphorically, the photos in this series are shot with a stereo film camera. Yet each half-frame is matched with a dissimilar half-frame creating a “disruptive” image; one that is open to narrative, and resistant to illusion -- much like the city itself.
