Detroit Unseen: A nine-year photography project of the Motor City

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This program is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Bob Huston is a photographer who is very passionate about the City of Detroit. He has been capturing the images of Detroit’s historic and forgotten structures for nearly ten years. This collection of photos has been turned into Detroit Unseen; a presentation on the extraordinary ruins within the City of Detroit.

The project, titled ‘Detroit Unseen,’ is not meant to focus on the negative aspects of abandonment of building in Detroit said Huston.

“I look at them as beautiful, unique pieces of history, art, and craftsmanship,” he said.

“I will be discussing how we can save the buildings from being demolished or ruined, by repurpose and renovation. I am a firm believer that we need to preserve our past and the many of the majestic pre-depression era buildings are disappearing.”

For almost a decade Huston has gone into the city and photographed the buildings, and he has truly enjoyed every moment of the buildings stopped in time.

“Whenever I finish exploring a location, I will immerse myself in all the history and knowledge of whatever location it was,” he said. “I learned to respect the buildings and appreciate each individual location and just what went into creating each of these masterpieces.”

Huston hopes that the people who see his presentation see the positives that he does in his project and in the city.

“I hope that people see that our history needs to be protected. I want other people to see how important it is to save these buildings from extinction,” he said. “I hope that my photographs can help shine some light onto this issue within our great city.” --By David Fleet on October 19, 2017

Event Type(s): Cultural Diversity, General

Age Group(s): Adults, Teens

Presenter: Bob Huston

Dee Beaver

(248) 437-6431 ext. 201

dbeaver@ssldl.info

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