Apart from problems with social unrest in the great city of Detroit, the gradual
decline in car production over the past few years leading to massive job losses has
had a catastrophic effect all over the city and state of Michigan.
With loans they could no longer afford, people’s homes and properties in many
area’s of Detroit have been left abandoned by them when the banks foreclosed and
forced them out.
What’s made this situation even worse is that many of these homes could not be
resold, so have been left empty and abandoned leading to large number’s
becoming
looted and stripped of everything that could be taken and used.
The human cost is staggering, because not everyone has gone, many don’t want to
leave their properties so stay on if they can, resolutely surviving in some districts
surrounded by empty and crumbling ruins.
Awards AOP awards London Gold for British landscape. Silver for landscape. Merits for Californian portraits and landscapes. Nominee in the B&W Spider Awards. Winner in three different categories in the London photographic Awards. Portraiture in The 2012 Aesthetica Art prize. Honourable mention in the 2013 B&W Spider awards. Winner of Best AOP Photographer at the Association of Photographers Open awards 2013
