The Ruins of Detroit
by Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Photographs: Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Publisher: Steidl
228 pages
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9783869300429
Comments: clothbound, English
Over the past generation Detroit has suffered economically worse than any other of the major American cities and its rampant urban decay is now glaringly apparent during this current recession. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre documented this disintegration, showcasing structures that were formerly a source of civic pride, and which now stand as monuments to the city’s fall from grace.
“Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is temporary by nature, the volatile result of the end of an era and the fall of empires. This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time: being dismayed, or admiring, wondering about the permanence of things. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state.”
more books tagged »French« | >> see all
-
East End '76 Hackney
by Thierry Girard
Euro 18 -
Un Monde de Brut
by Serge Enderlin, Serge Michel, Paolo Woods
sold out -
La trajectoire du Gyrovague (signed)
by Constantin Schlachter
Euro 49 -
Jantar Mantar
by Simon Chaput
Euro 77 -
Le parisien (signed)
by Emilie Gafner
Euro 25 -
2224 Kolkata
by Pierre Defaix
Euro 49
more books tagged »architecture« | >> see all
-
Jan Kaplicky drawings
by Jan Kaplicky
Euro 120 -
Preganziol, 1983 (last copy)
by Guido Guidi
Euro 135 -
Waiting for the End of the World (signed)
by Richard Ross
Euro 45 -
Architecture of Authority (signed)
by Richard Ross
sold out -
Norma
by Roger Eberhard
Euro 36 18.00 -
Los Angeles Apartments
by Ed Ruscha
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
The Ruins of Detroit
by Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Photographs: Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Publisher: Steidl
228 pages
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9783869300429
Comments: clothbound, English
Over the past generation Detroit has suffered economically worse than any other of the major American cities and its rampant urban decay is now glaringly apparent during this current recession. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre documented this disintegration, showcasing structures that were formerly a source of civic pride, and which now stand as monuments to the city’s fall from grace.
“Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is temporary by nature, the volatile result of the end of an era and the fall of empires. This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time: being dismayed, or admiring, wondering about the permanence of things. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state.”
more books tagged »French« | >> see all
-
East End '76 Hackney
by Thierry Girard
Euro 18 -
Un Monde de Brut
by Serge Enderlin, Serge Michel, Paolo Woods
sold out -
La trajectoire du Gyrovague (signed)
by Constantin Schlachter
Euro 49 -
Jantar Mantar
by Simon Chaput
Euro 77 -
Le parisien (signed)
by Emilie Gafner
Euro 25 -
2224 Kolkata
by Pierre Defaix
Euro 49
more books tagged »architecture« | >> see all
-
Jan Kaplicky drawings
by Jan Kaplicky
Euro 120 -
Preganziol, 1983 (last copy)
by Guido Guidi
Euro 135 -
Waiting for the End of the World (signed)
by Richard Ross
Euro 45 -
Architecture of Authority (signed)
by Richard Ross
sold out -
Norma
by Roger Eberhard
Euro 36 18.00 -
Los Angeles Apartments
by Ed Ruscha
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
The Ruins of Detroit
by Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Photographs: Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre
Publisher: Steidl
228 pages
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9783869300429
Comments: clothbound, English
Over the past generation Detroit has suffered economically worse than any other of the major American cities and its rampant urban decay is now glaringly apparent during this current recession. Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre documented this disintegration, showcasing structures that were formerly a source of civic pride, and which now stand as monuments to the city’s fall from grace.
“Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is temporary by nature, the volatile result of the end of an era and the fall of empires. This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time: being dismayed, or admiring, wondering about the permanence of things. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state.”
more books tagged »French« | >> see all
-
East End '76 Hackney
by Thierry Girard
Euro 18 -
Un Monde de Brut
by Serge Enderlin, Serge Michel, Paolo Woods
sold out -
La trajectoire du Gyrovague (signed)
by Constantin Schlachter
Euro 49 -
Jantar Mantar
by Simon Chaput
Euro 77 -
Le parisien (signed)
by Emilie Gafner
Euro 25 -
2224 Kolkata
by Pierre Defaix
Euro 49
more books tagged »architecture« | >> see all
-
Jan Kaplicky drawings
by Jan Kaplicky
Euro 120 -
Preganziol, 1983 (last copy)
by Guido Guidi
Euro 135 -
Waiting for the End of the World (signed)
by Richard Ross
Euro 45 -
Architecture of Authority (signed)
by Richard Ross
sold out -
Norma
by Roger Eberhard
Euro 36 18.00 -
Los Angeles Apartments
by Ed Ruscha
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com